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[Current Status of Genetic Diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: Variety of the Disease-causing Genes].
Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo - 1 Jan 2016
Hashiguchi Akihiro, Higuchi Yujiro, Takashima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
At least 40 genes have been associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and the related inherited neuropathies. Genetic studies have revealed the following factors as causes of inherited neuropathies: myelin components, transcription factors for myelination, myelin maintenance systems, differentiation factors of the peripheral nerve, neurofilaments, protein transfer systems, mitochondrial proteins, DNA...
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