[Genetics of peripheral neuropathies and hereditary ataxias].

Article

[Genetics of peripheral neuropathies and hereditary ataxias].

Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) - 1 Dec 1995

Palau F, Sevilla T

Abstract excerpt

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a hereditary motor-sensory neuropathy with a large genetic heterogeneity. Type 1 (CMT1), or demyelinating CMT, and type 2 (CMT2), or neuronal CMT, are two genetically and clinically distinct entities. CMT1 is the more prevalent and better understood of the two...

Topics

Alleles
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
Female
Friedreich Ataxia
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Multigene Family
Mutagenesis
Phenotype
Point Mutation
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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