Clinical and genetic survey for Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy based on the findings in Turkey, a country with a high rate of consanguineous marriages Universiteit Antwerpen
Inherited peripheral neuropathies (IPNs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders of the peripheral nervous system. The most common type of IPN is Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, which constitutes an interesting research focus for neurologists and human geneticists alike. Most cases with CMT manifest with a slowly progressive symmetric distal weakness in the lower limbs that usually begin in the first to the third decade that causes atrophy and ...