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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, demyelinating, type 1F

*Gene map locus 8p21
CMT1F
Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, type 1F
[Clinical features: decreased motor nerve conduction velocity; segmental demyelination and remyelination with onion bulb formations on nerve biopsy; distal limb muscle weakness and atrophy; distal sensory loss; diminished reflexes; pes cavus]
[Inheritance: autosomal dominant]

 
Mutations in the neurofilament light chain gene (NEFL) cause early onset severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Mutations in the neurofilament light chain gene (NEFL) cause early onset severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
 
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Edited by Aldo Campana, August 21, 2012