Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with giant axons: A clinicopathological and genetic entity

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 988-990

  Lus, G ^a   Nelis, E ^b   Jordanova, A ^b   Lofgren A ^b   Cavallaro, T ^d   Ammendola, A ^a   Melone, M A B ^a   Rizzuto, N ^d   Timmerman, V ^b   Cotrufo, R ^a   De Jonghe, P ^b,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CMT2 GENE; CX32 GENE; FEMALE; GAN GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GIANT AXON; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MPZ GENE; NEFL GENE; NEFM GENE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 10744225184     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.61.7.988     Document Type: Article

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