Hereditary neural amyotrophy
Hereditary neural amyotrophy (amyotrophia hereditaria neuralis; synonyms: Charcot-Marie-Tooth-Hoffmann disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Charcot-Marie amyotrophy, muscular atrophy of the peroneal type, Charcot-Marie muscular atrophy; J. M. Charcot, French neurologist, 1825-1893; P. Marie, French neuropathologist, 1853-1940; N. N. Tooth, English neuropathologist, 1856-1925; J. Hoffmann, German neuropathologist, 1857-1919) - hereditary amyotrophy (muscle trophic disorders, which are accompanied thinning of muscle fibers and a decrease in their contractility), characterized by amyotrophy of the legs and feet and peripheral paralysis with subsequent spread to the distal parts of the upper extremities, peripheral sensitivity disorders and trophic disorders. Most often, the disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, less often in a recessive, sex-linked, and autosomal recessive pattern.
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