Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant: CMT is an inherited neurological disease characterized by the gradual degeneration of nerves which starts in the hands and feet and results in progressive numbness, muscle weakness and loss of function. Type 5 has an autosomal dominant inheritance, progresses slowly and involves movement disorders. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant is available below.
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Prognosis for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant: Though the condition is quite disabling in some cases, patients have a normal life span.
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant, or a subtype of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with pyramidal features, autosomal dominant,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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