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Clinical implications of peripheral myelin protein 22 for nerve compression and neural regeneration: a review.
Journal of reconstructive microsurgery - 1 Jan 2011
Hui-Chou Helen G, Hashemi Sharyhar S, Hoke Ahmet, Dellon A Lee
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Peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) is a major component of the peripheral myelin sheath. The PMP22 gene is located on chromosome 17p11.2, and defects in PMP22 gene have been implicated in several common inherited peripheral neuropathies. Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP), Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A), Dejerine-Sottas syndrome, and congenital hypomyelinating...
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