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Characterization of a Portuguese family with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1E due to a novel point mutation in the PMP22 gene.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Sept 2021
Fernandes Marco, Caetano André, Castelhano Luís, Santos Luís
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INTRODUCTION: Point mutations in the Peripheral Myelin Protein 22 (PMP22) gene comprise less than 5% of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) type 1 cases, and individualize either the CMT 1E subtype, or Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy. The phenotype of CMT 1E presents with a severe early-onset polyneuropathy associated with deafness, although the clinical spectrum is broad. CASE REPORT: We...
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