Prevalence and origin of de novo duplications in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: first report of a de novo duplication with a maternal origin.

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Prevalence and origin of de novo duplications in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: first report of a de novo duplication with a maternal origin.

American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1996

Blair I P, Nash J, Gordon M J, Nicholson G A

Abstract excerpt

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy. Sporadic cases of CMT have been described since the earliest reports of the disease. The most frequent form of the disorder, CMT1A, is associated with a 1.5-Mb DNA duplication on chromosome 17p11.2, which segreg...

Topics

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
Crossing Over, Genetic
DNA
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Multigene Family
Mutation
Pedigree

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