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[Phenotypic heterogeneity in Japanese Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A patients with PMP-22 gene duplication].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Oct 1995
Yamamoto M, Sobue G, Yasuda T, Yamamoto K, Kumazawa K, Mitsuma T
Abstract excerpt
We studied phenotypic heterogeneity in 18 Japanese patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) with PMP-22 gene duplication, together with heterogeneity of duplication size. In order to detect the duplication of PMP-22 gene region, the PMP-22 cDNA and a polymorphic marker VAW409R3 were used as probes for Southern blot analysis. As the clinical phenotypes, we assessed the degree of foot deformity,...
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