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Variable phenotypes are associated with PMP22 missense mutations.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2011
Russo M, Laurá M, Polke J M, Davis M B, Blake J, Brandner S, Hughes R A C, Houlden H, Bennett D L H, Lunn M P T, Reilly M M
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the commonest hereditary neuropathy encompassing a large group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders. The commonest form of CMT, CMT1A, is usually caused by a 1.4 megabase duplication of chromosome 17 containing the PMP22 gene. Mutations of PMP22 are a less common cause of CMT. We describe clinical, electrophysiological and molecular findings of 10 patients...
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