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Studies on the effects of altered PMP22 expression during myelination in vitro
1 Apr 1997
Abstract excerpt
Severe inherited dysmyelinating diseases of the peripheral nervous system, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth type1A disease (CMT1A) and the hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) are associated with a large DNA duplication or deletion of a chromosomal region containing the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) gene. It has been suggested that a gene dosage effect involving PMP22 is responsible for...
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