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The phenotypic manifestations of chromosome 17p11.2 duplication.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 1997
Thomas P K, Marques W, Davis M B, Sweeney M G, King R H, Bradley J L, Muddle J R, Tyson J, Malcolm S, Harding A E
Abstract excerpt
Clinical and electrophysiological investigations and nerve biopsies were carried out on 61 patients shown to have a chromosome 17p11.2 duplication (hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy-HMSN Ia). Of these, 50 showed a Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) phenotype and eight could be classified as having the Roussy-Lévy syndrome. Of the patients with a CMT phenotype, three had associated pyramidal signs and of these one...
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