Genetic Diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease in a Population by Next-Generation Sequencing

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 d...

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Main Authors: Helle Høyer, Geir J. Braathen, Øyvind L. Busk, Øystein L. Holla, Marit Svendsen, Hilde T. Hilmarsen, Linda Strand, Camilla F. Skjelbred, Michael B. Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/210401