Roussy-Levy syndrome is a phenotypic variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome IA associated with a duplication on chromosome 17p11.2

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-75

  Auer Grumbach, M ^a   Strasser Fuchs, S ^a   Wagner, K ^a   Korner E ^a   Fazekas, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome; Chromosome 17; Roussy Levy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY STUDY; GAIT DISORDER; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NEUROGENIC MUSCLE ATROPHY; TREMOR; ACTION POTENTIAL; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GENETICS; HAND; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032553926     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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