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[Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies caused by 17p11.2 chromosome deletion].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Dorobek M, Szmidt-Sałkowska E, Drac H, Hardin A, Kwieciński H
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by recurrent mononeuropathies. Electrophysiological studies reveal slowed conduction velocity in peripheral nerves. The main histopathological findings are focal thickenings of myelin-tomaculae. In most cases HNPP is associated with a deletion within PMP-22 (peripheral myelin protein; PMP) gene on...
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