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The PMP22 gene and its related diseases.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Apr 2013
Li Jun, Parker Brett, Martyn Colin, Natarajan Chandramohan, Guo Jiasong
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22) is primarily expressed in the compact myelin of the peripheral nervous system. Levels of PMP22 have to be tightly regulated since alterations of PMP22 levels by mutations of the PMP22 gene are responsible for >50 % of all patients with inherited peripheral neuropathies, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth type-1A (CMT1A) with trisomy of PMP22, hereditary neuropathy with liability to...
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