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Genetic and clinical spectrums in Korean Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease patients with myelin protein zero mutations.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Jun 2021
Kim Hye Jin, Nam Soo Hyun, Kwon Hye Mi, Lim Si On, Park Jae Hong, Kim Hyun Su, Kim Sang Beom, Lee Kyung Suk, Lee Ji Eun, Choi Byung-Ok, Chung Ki Wha
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BACKGROUND: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common disorder of inherited peripheral neuropathies characterized by distal muscle weakness and sensory loss. CMT is usually classified into three types, demyelinating, axonal, and intermediate neuropathies. Mutations in myelin protein zero (MPZ) gene which encodes a transmembrane protein of the Schwann cells as a major component of peripheral myelin have...
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