Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies with a small deletion interrupting the PMP22 gene

Neuromuscul Disord. 2002 Oct;12(7-8):651-5. doi: 10.1016/s0960-8966(02)00025-1.

Abstract

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies is associated with a deficiency in the Peripheral Myelin Protein 22 (PMP22). Most hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies cases are caused by a deletion of a 1.5 Mb region on chromosome 17p11.2-12 encompassing the PMP22 gene. We describe a hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies family that lacks the common deletion, but carries a small deletion spanning the 3' region of the PMP22 gene, causing only a partial deletion of one copy of the gene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myelin Proteins / genetics*
  • Paralysis / genetics*
  • Pressure

Substances

  • Myelin Proteins
  • PMP22 protein, human