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Detection of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A duplication by the polymerase chain reaction.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Aug 1995
Blair I P, Kennerson M L, Nicholson G A
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) is a hereditary peripheral neuropathy with a genetic locus on chromosome 17p11.2. The majority of patients carry a duplicated DNA segment that encompasses the gene PMP22, which encodes a peripheral myelin protein. PMP22 is the crucial gene involved in the pathogenesis of CMT1A. Molecular diagnosis of CMT1A requires detection of this duplicated segment. Existing methods...
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