Genetics of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy and the Costa Rican contribution

 

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Tác giả: Leal, Alejandro
Định dạng: artículo original
Trạng thái:Versión publicada
Ngày xuất bản:2004
Miêu tả:Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common hereditary illness of the peripheral nervous system. The genetics and the physiopathological aspects of the disease clarified until know, are here summarized. More than twenty genes and ten additional loci have been related with HMSN. These findings contribute to understand the metabolism of peripheral nerves and give the basis for molecular diagnostics and future therapy. Several Costa Rican families with CMT have been identified, specially with axonal forms. Two families present mutations in the myelin protein zero gene (MPZ). In addition, linkage have been found between the disease and locus 19q13.3 in an extended family, and a mutation segregating with the disease is present in a candidate gene of the critical interval. Costa Rica has several advantages for genetical studies, that can contribute importantly in the generation of knowledge in the neurogenetical field.
Quốc gia:Portal de Revistas UCR
Tổ chức giáo dục:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Ngôn ngữ:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15285
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15285
Từ khóa:Charcot-Marie-tooth disease
CMT
HMSN
genetics
Costa Rica
enfermedad de charcot-marie-tooth
genética