Mutations in several genes cause the various types of CMT to occur. The most common form of the disorder, CMT1A, is caused by duplication in the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) gene.
Mostly women; sometimes they show mild signs of having CMT.
Men are mostly affected by CMT; some women but few are affected by CMT.
Symptoms of Charcot Marie Tooth disease are lack of muscle, high arches in your feet and claw toes. Other diseases should be ruled out before this is locked in as a diagnosis.
Jean- Martin- Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry Tooth all discovered this disease
Approximately 125,000 people in the USA and 1in every 2,500 people world wide.
CMT strikes millions of people worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or gender. It is estimated that at least 125,000 people (1 in 2500) in the United States suffer from Charcot-Marie-Tooth, although experts in the field think that number is much, much higher.
It is Dominant
Yes it is
Yes it is
It is Dominant
They require therapy dogs since Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease has no cure and needs physical and occupational therapy.