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The devastating combination of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Author(s) -
Bütefisch Cathrin M.,
Lang David F.,
Gutmann Ludwig
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199806)21:6<788::aid-mus11>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy , tooth disease , medicine , muscular dystrophy , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology
A patient with both Charcot–Marie–Tooth (type 1a) disease and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy inherited these from her father and mother, respectively. Either disease alone does not significantly alter life expectancy, but the unusual combination of these two disease processes was devastating and resulted in severe generalized weakness and early death. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:788–791, 1998.