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Sibling Cases of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 4H with a Homozygous FGD4 Mutation and Cauda Equina Thickening.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 Dec 2021
Aoki Sho, Nagashima Kazuaki, Shibata Makoto, Kasahara Hiroo, Fujita Yukio, Hashiguchi Akihiro, Takashima Hiroshi, Ikeda Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4H (CMT4H) is an autosomal recessive inherited demyelinating neuropathy caused by an FYVE, RhoGEF, and a PH domain-containing protein 4 (FGD4) gene mutation. CMT4H is characterized by an early onset, slow progression, scoliosis, distal muscle atrophy, and foot deformities. We herein present sibling cases of CMT4H with a homozygous mutation in the FGD4 gene. Both patients exhibited...
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