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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy transmitted most often as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by progressive distal wasting and loss of reflexes in the muscles of the legs (and occasionally involving the arms). Onset is usually in the second to fourth decade of life. This condition has been divided into two subtypes, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy ( HMSN) types I and II. HMSN I is associated with abnormal nerve conduction velocities and nerve hypertrophy, features not seen in HMSN II.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.108, 1941-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.108
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: Charcot-Pierre Marie muscular atrophy; peroneal atrophy; paraesthesiae; and muscular dytrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1957

PR2.2041, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2041
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: Charcot-Pierre-Marie-Tooth muscular atrophy; motor weakness; and muscular dystrophies. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.2228, 1943-1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2228
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: Charcot-Pierre-Marie muscular atrophy; fainting; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1944

PR2.2924, 1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2924
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: leg weakness; dizziness; peroneal progressive muscular atrophy; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; degenerative disorder; and hypertrophic polyneuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.3537, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3537
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sciatic neuritis; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and peroneal muscular atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.4758, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4758
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: neuritis; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; and muscle weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946