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Infantile onset CMT2D/dSMA V in monozygotic twins due to a mutation in the anticodon-binding domain of GARS.
Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS - 1 Mar 2012
Eskuri Jamie M, Stanley Christine M, Moore Steven A, Mathews Katherine D
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the GARS gene cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth 2D and distal spinal muscular atrophy type V - allelic disorders characterized by predominantly distal upper extremity weakness and atrophy, typically beginning during the second decade of life. We report monozygotic twin girls with onset of weakness in infancy and a previously reported GARS mutation within the anticodon-binding domain. The severity and...
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