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Researchers identify new genetic cause of a form of inherited neuropathy – Medical Xpress

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 …

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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 1980s, present a clearer picture of the disease…

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