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CMTX1

MIM.302800 Xq13.1

X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1

Etiology

- CMTX1 is caused by mutation in the GJB1 gene (MIM.304040) coding for gap junction protein connexin-32 (GJB1), which is located on the X chromosome.