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“Focal mucoid degeneration” was found in a N. suralis biopsy of a 8 year old child, diagnosed clinically and electrophysiologically as progressive muscular atrophy Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
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Meier, C., Bischoff, A. Focal mucoid degeneration of peripheral nerve. Acta Neuropathol 37, 69–72 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684543
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