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The prevalence of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies in patients with multiple surgically treated entrapment neuropathies.
The Journal of hand surgery - 1 Nov 2005
Sander Michael D, Abbasi David, Ferguson Amanda L, Steyers Curtis M, Wang Kai, Morcuende Jose A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is an autosomal-dominant peripheral neuropathy that results from deletion of a 1.5-Megabase pair (Mb) segment of the short arm (p) of chromosome 17. Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies increases susceptibility of peripheral nerves to pressure and trauma and can be associated with symptoms at multiple anatomic entrapment...
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