X-linked dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with connexin 32 (Cx32) mutations in Koreans

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-149

  Kim, Y ^a,c   Choi, K G ^a   Park, K D ^a   Lee, K S ^a   Chung, K W ^b   Choi, B O ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cx32; Korean; Mutation; X linked Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMTX)

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X LINKED DOMINANT CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855978818     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01642.x     Document Type: Article

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