Czech family confirms the link between FBLN5 and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1 neuropathy

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Šafka Brožková, Dana ^a   Laššuthová, Petra ^a   Neupauerová, Jana ^a   Krůtová, Marcela ^a   Haberlová, Jana ^a   Stejskal, David ^b   Seeman, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b Gennet   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBULIN 5;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXOME; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84879919217     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws333     Document Type: Letter

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