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Transient leukoencephalopathy associated with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Aug 2010
Rosser Tena, Muir Jason, Panigrahy Ashok, Baldwin Erin E, Boles Richard G
Abstract excerpt
X-linked hereditary demyelinating neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1X) accounts for 10% to 20% of all hereditary demyelinating neuropathies and is caused by mutations in the GJB1 gene, which codes for connexin 32. Connexin 32 is a gap junction protein widely expressed in Schwann cells as well as oligodendrocytes. Transient leukoencephalopathy has been reported in children and adults with Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1X....
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