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Hereditary demyelinating neuropathy of infancy. A genetically complex syndrome.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 1997
Tyson J, Ellis D, Fairbrother U, King R H, Muntoni F, Jacobs J, Malcolm S, Harding A E, Thomas P K
Abstract excerpt
Nine cases are described of a demyelinating peripheral neuropathy that had an onset in infancy. The clinical features conformed to those of type III hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or Dejerine-Sottas disease. All showed a severe neurological deficit and had profoundly reduced nerve conduction velocities. Amongst these cases we identified four novel point mutations in the peripheral myelin protein 22...
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