Article
A Novel Mutation in MARS in a Patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Axonal, Type 2U with Congenital Onset.
Journal of neuromuscular diseases - 1 Jan 2019
Gillespie Meredith K, McMillan Hugh J, Kernohan Kristin D, Pena Izabella A, Meyer-Schuman Rebecca, Antonellis Anthony, Boycott Kym M
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders affecting both motor and sensory neurons. Exome sequencing has driven discovery of genes responsible for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with more than 70 genes now associated with this neuromuscular disease. The MARS gene was recently reported as the cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth 2U, a slowly progressive axonal...
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- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Methionine-tRNA Ligase
- Mutation
