Charcot-Marie-Tooth with pyramidal signs is genetically heterogeneous: Families with and without MFN2 mutations

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 496-497

  Zhu, D ^a   Kennerson, M L ^a,b   Walizada, G ^a   Zuchner S ^c   Vance, J M ^c   Nicholson, G A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; KIF1B GENE; MFN2 GENE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 23244443545     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000171345.62270.29     Document Type: Note

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