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Peripheral myelin protein-22 expression in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1a sural nerve biopsies.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Apr 1994
Hanemann C O, Stoll G, D'Urso D, Fricke W, Martin J J, Van Broeckhoven C, Mancardi G L, Bartke I, Müller H W
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22) is expressed in myelinating Schwann cells and shows significant homology to murine growth arrest-specific gene gas3. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1a (CMT1a) is a common hereditary demyelinating neuropathy. Recently it was demonstrated that the gene for PMP22 is duplicated in CMT1a patients. A gene dosage mechanism has been postulated to cause CMT1a. According to this...
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