Mutation analysis of the nerve specific promoter of the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene in CMT1 disease and HNPP

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 590-593

  Nelis, Eva ^a   De Jonghe, Peter ^a,b   De Vriendt, Els ^a   Patel, Pragna I ^c   Martin, Jean Jacques ^b,d   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CMT1; HNPP; PMP22 promoter; SSCP

Indexed keywords

MYELIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0031867488     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.7.590     Document Type: Article

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