Clinical phenotype in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with an entire deletion of the connexin 32 coding sequence

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Nakagawa, Masanori ^a   Takashima, Hiroshi ^a   Umehara, Fujio ^a   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Miyashita, Fumio ^a   Takenouchi, Norihiro ^a   Matsuyama, Wataru ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal; CMTX; Connexin 32; Deletion; Demyelinating; Loss of function effect

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; SURAL NERVE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035869392     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00454-3     Document Type: Article

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