Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1

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Description of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (medical condition): A slow-progressing muscle disease characterized by muscle weakness and wasting that starts in the hands and feet. Very few patients become wheelchair dependent and life span is not affected. The disorder is inherited in an dominant pattern an involves demyelination of the nerves.

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1: A hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy transmitted most often as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by progressive distal wasting and loss of reflexes in the muscles of the legs (and occasionally involving the arms). Onset is usually in the second to fourth decade of life. This condition has been divided into two subtypes, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) types I and II. HMSN I is associated with abnormal nerve conduction velocities and nerve hypertrophy, features not seen in HMSN II. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1343)
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1: Rare Disease

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Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 as a "rare disease".

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 as a Disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (medical condition): See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 1 (disease information).
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• HSMN type 1
• Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 1
• Peroneal muscular atrophy type 1
• Hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy type 1

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External links related to: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1

• GeneReviews: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 1
• GeneReviews: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Hereditary Neuropathy Overview
• OMIM - CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE, DEMYELINATING, TYPE 1B; CMT1B
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE, DEMYELINATING, TYPE 1A; CMT1A
• eMedicine - Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease : Article by Divakara Kedlaya, MBBS
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• eMedicine - Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease : Article by Divakara Kedlaya, MBBS
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease - Genetics Home Reference

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