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A small direct tandem duplication of the myelin protein zero gene in a patient with Dejerine-Sottas disease phenotype.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Apr 1998
Tachi N, Kozuka N, Ohya K, Chiba S, Yamashita S
Abstract excerpt
We present a male patient with Dejerine-Sottas disease phenotype, who had a small direct tandem duplication of the Po gene. The pathology of the sural nerve showed hypomyelinated fibers with absence of active demyelination and onion-bulb formations composed of two parallel layers of basement membrane, consistent with congenital hypomyelination neuropathy (CHN). However, his clinical features were more severe than...
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