Common Words and Phrases Associated with CMT

Acronym for Ankle Foot Orthosis.

An AFO is an orthotic appliance that provides bracing and support . . .

A part of the nervous system that regulates key involuntary functions of the body, including the act . . .

A pattern of inheritance in which an affected individual has one copy of a mutated gene and one norm . . .

An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene. An individual inherits two alleles for each gene . . .

Disease of the nerves affecting mostly the internal organs such as the bladder muscles, the cardiova . . .

A pattern of inheritance in which an affected individual has two copies of a mutated gene on a pair . . .

A congenital fixation of a joint in an extended or flexed position.

As this pertains to CMT, arthro . . .

Pertaining to any of the non-sex chromosomes. The non-sex-chromosomes are the chromosomes that are n . . .

Any one of the chromosomes that is not a sex chromosome. People normally have 22 pairs of autosomes . . .