Does CMT1A homozygosity cause more severe disease with root hypertrophy and higher CSF proteins?

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1721-1722

  Pareyson, Davide ^a   Testa, D ^a   Morbin, M ^a   Erbetta, A ^a   Ciano, C ^a   Lauria, G ^a   Milani, M ^a   Taroni, F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FAMILY; GENE DOSAGE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0038813880     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000059262.34846.8A     Document Type: Article

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