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ALS5/SPG11/KIAA1840 mutations cause autosomal recessive axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2016
Montecchiani Celeste, Pedace Lucia, Lo Giudice Temistocle, Casella Antonella, Mearini Marzia, Gaudiello Fabrizio, Pedroso José L, Terracciano Chiara, Caltagirone Carlo, Massa Roberto, St George-Hyslop Peter H, Barsottini Orlando G P, Kawarai Toshitaka, Orlacchio Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a group of hereditary peripheral neuropathies that share clinical characteristics of progressive distal muscle weakness and atrophy, foot deformities, distal sensory loss, as well as diminished tendon reflexes. Hundreds of causative DNA changes have been found, but much of the genetic basis of the disease is still unexplained. Mutations in the ALS5/SPG11/KIAA1840 gene are a frequent...
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