Assessment of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing as a Tool for the Diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Hereditary Motor Neuropathy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is characterized by broad genetic heterogeneity with >50 known disease-associated genes. Mutations in some of these genes can cause a pure motor form of hereditary motor neuropathy, the genetics of which are poorly characterized. We designed a panel comprising 56 genes associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease/hereditary motor neuropathy. We validated this diagnostic tool by first testing 11 patients with pathological mutations. A cohort of 33 affected subjects was selected for this study.

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - January 2, 2016 Category: Pathology Authors: Vincenzo Lupo, Francisco García-García, Paula Sancho, Cristina Tello, Mar García-Romero, Liliana Villarreal, Antonia Alberti, Rafael Sivera, Joaquín Dopazo, Samuel I. Pascual-Pascual, Celedonio Márquez-Infante, Carlos Casasnovas, Teresa Sevilla, Carm Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research