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SUBMITTER: Hoyer H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4082881 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Høyer Helle H Braathen Geir J GJ Busk Øyvind L ØL Holla Øystein L ØL Svendsen Marit M Hilmarsen Hilde T HT Strand Linda L Skjelbred Camilla F CF Russell Michael B MB
BioMed research international 20140616
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most prevalent inherited neuropathy. Today more than 40 CMT genes have been identified. Diagnosing heterogeneous diseases by conventional Sanger sequencing is time consuming and expensive. Thus, more efficient and less costly methods are needed in clinical diagnostics. We included a population based sample of 81 CMT families. Gene mutations had previously been identified in 22 families; the remaining 59 families were analysed by next-generation sequencing ...[more]