Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) and peroneal muscular atrophy (PMA) - is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders of the peripheral nervous system characterised by progressive loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation across various parts of the body. Currently incurable, this disease is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders affecting approximately 1 in 2,500 people equating to approximately 23,000 people in the United Kingdom and 125,000 people in the USA.
CMT was previously classified as a subtype of muscular dystrophy.
A genetic error is an genetic disease
Depends on the disease. With some, the genetic condition that causes the disease has been identified, and genetic testing can determine if you have the disease before symptoms appear.
because it is a disease passed on from dna
There usually is not a genetic limit on strength unless there is a genetic disease or disorder.
The only way one can get a genetic disease is by inheriting it through one's parents. Genetic diseases and sicknesses aren't contagious, except through birth.
Definitive diagnosis of CMT is made only by genetic testing, usually performed by drawing a small amount of blood.
no but as I see it treatment of genetic disease is treating a genetic problem as a genetic treatment of a disease is using genetics to stop a certain disease that can be treated with genetics
Chickenpox is an infectious disease, not a genetic disease
A genetic disease is a disease that was either passed onto you and/or your family is known to get that disease. An example of a genetic disease would be CF (Cystic Fibrosis). It occurs when a cell changes it's genetic information.
Definitive diagnosis of CMT is made only by genetic testing
A genetic error is an genetic disease
Known as Hansen's Disease, it is not genetic, but caused by an organism.
Depends on the disease. With some, the genetic condition that causes the disease has been identified, and genetic testing can determine if you have the disease before symptoms appear.
one genetic disease is sickle cell disease. another is thallasemia.
inherited
CMT is caused by mutations in genes that produce proteins involved in the structure and function of either the peripheral nerve axon or the myelin sheath. Although different proteins are abnormal in different forms of CMT disease, all of the mutations affect the normal function of the peripheral nerves. The gene mutations in CMT disease are usually inherited.
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. A+ neuromuscular disease