Management of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: improving long-term care with a multidisciplinary approach.

ABSTRACT: Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common inherited neuropathy and one of the most common inherited diseases in humans. The diagnosis of CMT is traditionally made by the neurologic specialist, yet the optimal management of CMT patients includes genetic counselors, physical and occupational therapists, physiatrists, orthotists, mental health providers, and community resources. Rapidly developing genetic discoveries and novel gene discovery techniques continue to add a growing number of genetic subtypes of CMT. The first large clinical natural history and therapeutic trials have added to our knowledge of each CMT subtype and revealed how CMT impacts patient quality of life. In this review, we discuss several important trends in CMT research factors that will require a collaborativ

SUBMITTER: McCorquodale D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4725690 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature