Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)

Intermediate CMT

Intermediate CMT is an uncommon CMT variant characterized by a mixed axonal-demyelinating process. Whenever possible, this form of CMT is grouped in with the more traditional categories of CMT described above.

For more, see Signs and Symptoms and Causes/Inheritance.

• Dejerine-Sottas disease

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