peroneal atrophy

peroneal atrophy
peroneal muscular atrophy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

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  • peroneal atrophy — noun : wasting of the muscles of the calf …   Useful english dictionary

  • Peroneal muscular atrophy — A neuromuscular disease that is the most common inherited disorder of peripheral nerves, characterized by progressively debilitating weakness. Peroneal muscular atrophy is also known as Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT). The foremost feature of… …   Medical dictionary

  • atrophy — atrophic /euh trof ik, euh troh fik/, adj. /a treuh fee/, n., v., atrophied, atrophying. n. 1. Also, atrophia /euh troh fee euh/. Pathol. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Atrophy — Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also show atrophy. For example, atrophy of the optic nerve diminishes vision. * * * A wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body, as from… …   Medical dictionary

  • Atrophy, peroneal muscular — A neuromuscular disease that is the most common inherited disorder of peripheral nerves, characterized by progressively debilitating weakness. Peroneal muscular atrophy is also known as Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT). The foremost feature of… …   Medical dictionary

  • peroneal muscular atrophy — Charcot Marie Tooth disease …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Болезнь Шарко-Маритута (Charcot-Marie- Tooth Disease), Атрофия Мышечная Перонеальная (Peroneal Muscular Atrophy) — наследственное заболевание периферических нервов, называемое также врожденной сенсорно двигательной невропатией (hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy); начинается обычно до периода полового созревания; проявляется постепенно прогрессирующей… …   Медицинские термины

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — peroneal muscular atrophy a group of inherited diseases of the peripheral nerves, also known as hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy, causing a gradually progressive weakness and wasting of the muscles of the legs and the lower part of the thighs.… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — A neuromuscular disease, the most common inherited disorder of peripheral nerves, characterized by progressively debilitating weakness. The disease is also called peroneal muscular atrophy and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. The foremost …   Medical dictionary

  • Список наследственных заболеваний — Список генетических заболеваний Основные статьи: наследственные заболевания, Наследственные болезни обмена веществ, Ферментопатия. В большинстве случаев приведен также код, указывающий на тип мутации и связанные с ней хромосомы. См. также система …   Википедия

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