Article
Detection of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies among patients with acute painless mononeuropathy or plexopathy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Dec 1998
Pareyson D, Solari A, Taroni F, Botti S, Fallica E, Scaioli V, Ciano C, Sghirlanzoni A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by recurrent mononeuropathies or brachial plexopathies, commonly associated with a chromosome 17p11.2-12 deletion encompassing the peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22) gene. We tried to...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myelin Proteins
- Nervous System Diseases