Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 534-539 , August 2010

Clinical characterization and genetic analysis of a possible novel type of dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

  • Yi-Chung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tso-Ching Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kon-Ping Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Wei Lin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pubic Health, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Hong Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Section of Neurology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bing-Wen Soong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University, #155, Sec.2, Li-nung St., Peitou District, Taipei, Taiwan 112, Republic of China. Tel./fax: +886 2 28727577.

Received 10 March 2010 ,Revised 24 April 2010 ,Accepted 5 May 2010.

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PII: S0960-8966(10)00214-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.05.001

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 534-539 , August 2010

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