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![]() | Media file 1: Foot deformities in a 16-year-old boy with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. |
![]() | Media file 2: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A DNA test showing duplication in the short arm of chromosome 17 (A) compared with normal (B). |
![]() | Media file 3: Nerve conduction study showing decreased nerve conduction velocity in the median nerve in an 18-year-old woman with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1. |
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Keywords
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Charcot Marie Tooth, Charcot Marie Tooth disease, neuropathy, Charcot, Charcot Marie, pes cavus, connexin, Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome, hereditary motor sensory neuropathy, HMSN, peroneal muscular atrophy, PMA, CMT






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