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Molecular pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy.
Revue neurologique - 1 May 1996
Trapp B D, Haney C, Yin X
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral neuropathies can result from a failure to form or maintain the myelin internode or from autoimmune-mediated demyelination. Several gene defects responsible for the most common inherited human peripheral neuropathies referred to as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease have been reported. These studies identified PMP-22 and connexin-32 as proteins that are essentiel for normal myelination. Point mutations in Po...
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