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[Pathology of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease].
Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo - 1 Jan 2016
Oka Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic testing is available, nerve biopsy is useful in selected patients for the diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). These are sporadic cases of hereditary neuropathy, or familial cases in which genetic testing is negative. CMT is caused by mutations of various genes. The pathological features of CMT have mostly been investigated using nerve biopsy, which may shed light on the presumed...
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