A novel mutation, Thr65Ala, in the MPZ gene in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B disease with focally folded myelin.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B disease is a demyelinating neuropathy caused by mutations in the Myelin Protein Zero gene. It is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. So far only a few patients with a focally folded myelin phenotype on nerve biopsy have been shown to have mutations in the Myelin Protein Zero gene. In this report we describe a Polish patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B disease. Sural nerve biopsy demonstrated focally folded myelin. Molecular genetic analysis of the coding region of the Myelin Protein Zero gene revealed a novel mutation, Thr65Ala, in exon 2 of the Myelin Protein Zero gene.