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X inactivation in females with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jul 2012
Murphy Sinéad M, Ovens Richard, Polke James, Siskind Carly E, Laurà Matilde, Bull Karen, Ramdharry Gita, Houlden Henry, Murphy Raymond P J, Shy Michael E, Reilly Mary M
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X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT1X) is the second most common inherited neuropathy, caused by mutations in gap junction beta-1 (GJB1). Males have a uniformly moderately severe phenotype while females have a variable phenotype, suggested to be due to X inactivation. We aimed to assess X inactivation pattern in females with CMT1X and correlate this with phenotype using the CMT examination score to...
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