Peripheral nerve myelin protein 22/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Peripheral nerve myelin protein 22.

A nerve protein with potential significance in a number of peripheral neuropathies, either associated with abnormalities of the genotype (e.g., Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) or with the presence of anti-PMP22 antibody (e.g., hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 1a)