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Expansion of the phenotypic spectrum of X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Mar 2020
Yang Qijie, Xiao Xuewen, Yuan Zhenhua, Jiao Bin, Liao Xinxin, Du Juan
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common hereditary peripheral neuropathy. X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in the GJB1 gene is known as CMTX1. We report a 14 years-old young man with walked unstably, bilateral strephenopodia, severe alopecia and paroxysmal bilateral upper limbs tremor without obvious muscle atrophy. Diagnostic whole-exome sequencing revealed a hemizygote missense mutation...
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