Inter-nerves and intra-nerve conduction heterogeneity in CMTX with Arg(15)Gln mutation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-70

  Capasso, M ^a   Di Muzio, A ^a   Ferrarini, M ^b   De Angelis, M V ^a   Caporale, C M ^a   Lupo, S ^a   Cavallaro, T ^b   Fabrizi, G M ^b   Uncini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Morphometry; Nerve conduction study

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; REMYELINIZATION; SURAL NERVE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0346099133     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.08.024     Document Type: Article

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