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Clinical, electrophysiological, and molecular findings in early onset hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Dec 2014
Potulska-Chromik Anna, Sinkiewicz-Darol Elena, Ryniewicz Barbara, Lipowska Marta, Kabzińska Dagmara, Kochański Andrzej, Kostera-Pruszczyk Anna
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The first episode of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) in childhood is rare. METHODS: We analyzed retrospectively the data of 7 patients with a deletion in PMP22 and onset of symptoms before age 18 years. Direct sequencing of the LITAF (lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor) gene was performed in patients and family members. RESULTS: Clinical presentations...
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