Giant axon and neurofilament accumulation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E
Year:
2004
Type of item:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Referee:
Sì
Name of journal:
NEUROLOGY
ISSN of journal:
0028-3878
N° Volume:
62
Number or Folder:
8
Page numbers:
1429-1431
Keyword:
CMT2; giant axons; neurofilament-light gene; NF-L
Short description of contents:
The axonal type 2 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT2) is phenotypically poorly characterized. Here the authors report a family with a Pro22Ser mutation in the neurofilament-light gene (NF-L; CMT2E) manifesting electrophysiologically as the demyelinating type 1 CMT (CMT1) and pathologically as an axonopathy with giant axons and accumulation of disorganized NF. NF-L should be investigated in CMT2 as well as in CMT1 not associated with the usual genes PMP22, Cx32, and P0.