Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related peripheral neuropathies

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 370-387

  De Jonghe, Peter ^a,b   Timmerman, Vincent ^a   Nelis, Eva ^a   Martin, Jean Jacques ^b,c   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CMT; HMN; HMSN; HNA; HNPP; HSN; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW;

CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0031290336     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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