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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
2
Publications
14
Clinical trials
2025
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

Myelination of the nervous system: mechanisms and functions.

Research2014-01-01Annual review of cell and developmental biology

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Clinical trials

10 sponsors · 2 new · 1 completed in the last 12 months (net +2)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
14
All trials
2
Active
3
Late-stage
6
Completed
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Research activity

2 papers

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Publications over time
20142025
Most influential

Myelination of the nervous system: mechanisms and functions.

Annual review of cell and developmental biology · 2014 · 731 cites
Recent publications

Myelination of the nervous system: mechanisms and functions.

Annual review of cell and developmental biology · 2014 · 731 cites
Major themes3
  • Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases1
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease1
  • Mutation1
Leading journals2
  • Annual review of cell and developmental biology1
  • IUBMB life1
Leading researchers4
  • Ling J1
  • Nave KA1
  • Werner HB1
  • Zhang H1
Affiliations (unnormalised)2
  • Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine1
  • The University of Maryland1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

A hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy transmitted most often as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by progressive distal wasting and loss of reflexes in the muscles of the legs (and occasionally involving the arms). Onset is usually in the second to fourth decade of life. This condition has been divided into two subtypes, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) types I and II. HMSN I is associated with abnormal nerve conduction velocities and nerve hypertrophy, features not seen in HMSN II. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1343)

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.