By Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim MD MSc PhD (Dr. Gondim of Universidade de Federal Ceará received travel grants to attend scientific meetings from Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis, Baxter, and Aché Laboratórios.) Florian P Thomas MD MA PhD MS (Dr. Thomas, Director of the Clinical Research Unit, the National MS Society Multiple Sclerosis Center, and the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Center of Exc...

Inherited neuropathies, collectively known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), are a group of genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous peripheral neuropathies associated with mutations or copy number variations in over 80 distinct genes. 1 Named after the three neurologists who first described the condition in 1886, CMT is the most common inherited neuromuscular disease. 2 CMT is a motor ...