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Mutation analysis of MFN2, GJB1, MPZ and PMP22 in Italian patients with axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Sept 2014
Bergamin Giorgia, Boaretto Francesca, Briani Chiara, Pegoraro Elena, Cacciavillani Mario, Martinuzzi Andrea, Muglia Maria, Vettori Andrea, Vazza Giovanni, Mostacciuolo Maria Luisa
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) diseases include a group of clinically heterogeneous inherited neuropathies subdivided into demyelinating (CMT1), axonal (CMT2) and intermediate CMT forms. CMTs are associated with different genes, although mutations in some of these genes may cause both clinical pictures. To date, more than 50 CMT genes have been identified, but more than half of the cases are due to mutations in MFN2,...
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