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Dejerine-Sottas neuropathy in mother and son with same point mutation of PMP22 gene.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 1997
Ionasescu V V, Searby C C, Ionasescu R, Chatkupt S, Patel N, Koenigsberger R
Abstract excerpt
We studied a 25-year-old black woman with healthy parents and her 2-year, 11-month-old son. Her motor development was delayed and she started to walk with support when she was 6 years old. She never walked independently and had always used a wheelchair. Neurological evaluation showed severe weakness and atrophy of her feet, legs, and hands, bilateral pes cavus and hammertoes, corrected scoliosis, hypesthesia for...
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