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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

What are the symptoms?

Onset is in the lower limbs first causing weakness around the ankles and, often, an abnormality in the shape of the feet (high in-step.) After many years, weakness may develop in the hands and spread upwards in the lower limbs to affect the knees and thighs. Mild loss of sensation may be present in the feet and hands.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated August 1999 by Dr David Hilton-Jones. Last reviewed January 2004 by Dr David Hilton-Jones, Clinical Director, Muscle and Nerve Centre, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.

 

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