Ultrastructural mitochondrial modifications characteristic of mitofusin 2 mutations (CMT2A)

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-207

  Sole, Guilhem ^a   Ferrer, Xavier ^a   Vital, Claude ^b   Martin Negrier, Marie Laure ^b   Vital, Anne ^b   Latour, Philippe ^c  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UMR 5287   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOFUSIN 2;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE BIOPSY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 70449503623     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00234.x     Document Type: Letter

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