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Spectrum of mutations in Finnish patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related neuropathies.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1998
Silander K, Meretoja P, Juvonen V, Ignatius J, Pihko H, Saarinen A, Wallden T, Herrgård E, Aula P, Savontaus M L
Abstract excerpt
Our patient material included families and sporadic patients of Finnish origin with the diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease types 1 and 2, Dejerine-Sottas syndrome (DSS), and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP). We screened for mutations in the peripheral myelin protein genes connexin 32 (Cx32), myelin protein zero (P0) and peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) by direct...
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