Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (-tth)

n.

See peroneal muscular atrophy.

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Hereditary peroneal nerve dysfunction Neurology A clinically heterogenous and most common–1:2500 of the inherited peripheral neuropathies Clinical Slowly progressive atrophy of distal muscles, especially those innervated by the peroneal nerve, leading to muscular weakness and atrophy of hands, feet, and legs with pes cavus deformity, claw-hand, stork-leg appearance, with foot drop and a slapping gait EMG ↓ nerve conduction velocity, due to destruction of nerves with degeneration of myelin sheath Management Nada