The authors report a family in which two affected first cousins had a severe demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) phenotype. One had related parents, and there were no other affected relatives, suggesting an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Molecular studies showed that a de novo duplication in 17p11.2 and a second mutation in MTMR2 were present.
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