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[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 from a genetic standpoint. At least three genes have been shown to be implicated: the 22Kda (PMP22) gene for...
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