Charcot Marie Tooth Disease Research Paper

Charcot Marie Tooth Disease is a neurological disorder named after the three physicians who first described it in 1886, Jean Martin Charcot and Pierre Marie from France and Howard Henry Tooth from the United Kingdom. Charcot Marie Tooth Disease is a group of hereditary disorders that damage the nerves in the arms and legs. When the parts of the nerves, the axons and the myelin, become damaged the messages that run along the nerves move more slowly or have a weak signal. Charcot Marie Tooth Disease is a disease of the peripheral nerves that controls the muscles. It is found in men and women, and slowly increases causing loss of normal use of the lower legs, feet, arms, and hands. Charcot Marie Tooth Disease is also known as hereditary sensory