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Penn researchers identify genetic driver of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease – News-Medical.Net
Inherited mutations in a gene that keeps nerve cells intact was shown, for the first time, to be a driver of a neuropathy known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 3 2020
Inherited mutations in a gene that keeps nerve cells intact was shown, for the first time, to be a driver of a neuropathy known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. This finding is detailed in a study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, which published in Neurology® Genetics, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The findings, thanks to siblings treated at Penn since the late …
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