Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: Histopathological features of the peripheral myelin protein (PMP22) duplication (CMT1A) and Connexin32 mutations (CMTX1)

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-225

  Sander, Stefanie ^a   Nicholson, Garth A ^a   Ouvrier, Robert A ^a   McLeod, James G ^a   Pollard, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Cluster formation; Connexin32; Hypermyelination; Hypomyelination; Onion bulb formation; Peripheral myelin protein 22

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; MYELIN PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUTATION; MYELIN PROTEINS;

EID: 0031952546     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199802)21:2<217::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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