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What disease was discoverd in 1886 by three physicians for whom the disease is name?
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
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What is the most commun inherited peripheral nauropathy?
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease affects ____in______people, and how many americans are affected?
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affects 1 in 2,500
and approx. 150,000 Americans are affected by this disease |
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What are some of the clinical symptoms for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease?
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loss of muscle in the calf, drop foot walk, high arches, flat feet, foot bone deformities:
cocked or hammertoes,ankle weakness,loss of feeling and/or movement in the foot and ankle. |
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What does it mean by variable expressivity?
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The disease can be severe in which the person affected is bound to a wheelchair. Or it can be mild in which the person suffer for carpel tunnel symdrome or the disease
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