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Title: Malignant melanoma and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: A further case

Journal Article · · American Journal of Medical Genetics
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  1. Instituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan (Italy)

In a previous issue of this journal, Greene et al. described 2 patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease who later developed cutaneous malignant melanoma. Although the development of the two diseases in the same patient may have occurred by chance, the authors raised the possibility of a shared neural crest defect or a genetic linkage. Among the patients reported by Greene et al., one had a dominant form of CMT. The patient`s mother and brother were similarly affected. A paternal aunt died of melanoma. The second patient had a neuronal type of CMT. His brother showed the same disease, but the parents were not examined. 7 refs.

OSTI ID:
518300
Journal Information:
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol. 68, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 20 Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English