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Correlation between PMP-22 messenger RNA expression and phenotype in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies.
Annals of neurology - 1 Dec 1997
Schenone A, Nobbio L, Caponnetto C, Abbruzzese M, Mandich P, Bellone E, Ajmar F, Gherardi G, Windebank A J, Mancardi G
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is associated with a deletion in chromosome 17p11.2, which includes the gene for the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP-22). A "gene dosage" effect is probably the mechanism underlying HNPP, but the amount of PMP-22 mRNA in sural nerves of HNPP patients is highly variable and the role of PMP-22 underexpression in impairing myelination has yet to be...
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