X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: Molecular analysis of interfamilial variability

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-178

  Niewiadomski, Laura A ^a   Kelly, Thaddeus E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; connexin32; interfamilial variability; X linked

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030472328     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961211)66:2<175::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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