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Karadima, G., Panas, M., Floroskufi, P. et al. Four novel connexin 32 mutations in X–linked Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease with phenotypic variability. J Neurol 253, 263–264 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0955-0
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