X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 3

What it is

A rare genetic peripheral sensorimotor neuropathy characterized by an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern and the childhood onset of progressive, distal muscle weakness and atrophy (beginning in the lower extremities and then affecting the upper extremities), as well as distal, pansensory loss in the upper and lower extremities, pes cavus, and absent or reduced distal tendon reflexes. Pain and paresthesia are frequently the initial sensory symptoms.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Adolescent, Childhood

Inheritance

X-linked recessive

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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