Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease


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Noun1.Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease - a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
neuropathy - any pathology of the peripheral nerves
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Rehabilitation medicine approach to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Clin Podiatr Med Surg 1997; 14:99-116.
The Bournemouth questionnaire as an outcome measure in the rehabilitation of a person suffering with mechanical neck and arm pain and concurrent Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a case report
In those with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, treatments include ankle-foot orthosis splinting, plantar fasciotomy, tendon transfers, and foot osteotomies.
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A novel missense mutation in peripheral myelin protein-22 causes Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Chin Med J 2017;130:1779-84.
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Poor compliance with ankle-foot-orthoses in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2008;44:27-31.
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For more information and support visit www.cmt.org.uk AROUND 23,000 people in the UK are currently living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or CMT, and it affects hundreds of thousands more worldwide.
On a bad dayyou feel 95; Charcot-Marie-Tooth is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders, yet few have heard of it. LAUREN TAYLOR talks to those living with the nerve condition
New polymorphic short tandem repeats for PCR-based Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A duplication diagnosis.
Hypertelorism in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A from the common PMP22 duplication: a case report
X-linked CMT (CMTX) is the 2nd most common form of demyelinating CMT after Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A and accounts for 10%-15% of all CMT cases (2).
Mutation scanning the GJB1 gene with high-resolution melting analysis: implications for mutation scanning of genes for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

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