CMTX3

78 kb Interchromosomal Insertion at Xq27.1

Relationship to CMT

CMTX XLR
1 subtype
Xq27.1
ISCN Notation
First described 2016

Subtype Inheritance Class OMIM Sentinel Publication
SubtypeCMTX3 InheritanceX-linked recessive ClassCMTX OMIM302802 Sentinel Publication

2016 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006177

Stored Identifiers

Counted here as a gene although its cause is a structural insertion rather than a coding gene. Named by ISCN notation, it has no HGNC record, so gene-level external identifiers do not apply.

ClinVar Variants

No ClinVar records were found for ins(X;8)(q27.1;q24.3).

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