Mutations of the noncoding region of the connexin32 gene in X-linked dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 541-544

  Ionasescu, V V ^a   Searby, Ch ^a   Ionasescu, R ^a   Neuhaus, I M ^b   Werner, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ONSET AGE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; X CHROMOSOME DOMINANT INHERITANCE;

EID: 0029788204     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.541     Document Type: Article

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