Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS
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J. Peripher. Nerv. Syst. · Dec 2012
Case Reports Historical ArticleHereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. Diagnosis in the first family (1947) confirmed.
In 1947, the Dutch neurologist De Jong published the first family with, what later would be called, hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP). We recently found a new case from this family and were able to confirm the diagnosis by DNA analysis.