Axonal Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease

Abstract excerpt

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim is to specify the genetic causes of dominantly and recessively inherited axonal forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and review the biological basis for these disorders. RECENT FINDINGS: More than 10 genes that cause axonal CMT have been identified over the past decade. Many of these genes express proteins that are ubiquitously expressed. Clinical phenotypes of many of these...