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A rat model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A recapitulates disease variability and supplies biomarkers of axonal loss in patients.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2012
Fledrich Robert, Schlotter-Weigel Beate, Schnizer Tuuli J, Wichert Sven P, Stassart Ruth M, Meyer zu Hörste Gerd, Klink Axel, Weiss Bernhard G, Haag Uwe, Walter Maggie C, Rautenstrauss Bernd, Paulus Walter, Rossner Moritz J, Sereda Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is the most common inherited neuropathy and a duplication of the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene causes the most frequent subform Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A. Patients develop a slowly progressive dysmyelinating and demyelinating peripheral neuropathy and distally pronounced muscle atrophy. The amount of axonal loss determines disease severity. Although patients share an identical...
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