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Old 03-17-2013, 12:00 PM
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Default Hnpp
Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP) is the opposite of CMT1A. HNPP has a deletion (loss of copy) of PMP22 and CMT1A has an extra copy.

A good site explaining it:

http://www.hnpp.org/
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