Late onset autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth 2 neuropathy in a Costa Rican family

Neurological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-288

  Berghoff, Corinna ^a,b   Berghoff, Martin ^c   Leal, Alejandro ^d   Moreraq, Bernal ^h   Contreras, Carlos ^e   Barrantes, Ramiro ^d   Rautenstrauss, Bernd ^b,g   Del Valle, Gerardo ^f,g   Heuss, Dieter ^b  

^a LWL Klinik Muenster   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e San Juan de Dios Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^f Laboratory of Neurophysiology   (Costa Rica)

^g Medical Genetic Center   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; Axonal; CMT2; Hereditary neuropathy; Late disease onset

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 1; MITOCHONDRIAL FUSION PROTEIN MITOFUSIN 2; MITOFUSIN 2; MYELIN; MYELIN PROTEIN ZERO; PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; COSTA RICA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 65749087157     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X346080     Document Type: Article

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