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There are many websites with information relating to CMT. The content of these sites ranges from general information about diagnosis and treatment to highly scientifc data regarding genetics.

The listing below is by no means exhaustive. It is merely intended to provide clinicians and researchers with quick and easy access to some of the most useful sites.

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  • American Society of Gene Therapy
    555 E Wells St, Suite 1100
    Milwaukee, WI 53202-0000
    Tel: 414-278-1341
    Fax: 414-276-3349
    Email: info@asgt.org
    ASGT is a professional, non-profit medical and scientific organization dedicated to the understanding of gene therapy

  • Athena Diagnostics
    Four Biotech Park
    377 Plantation St
    Worcester, MA 01605-0000
    Tel: 508-756-2886
    Toll Free: 800-394-4493
    Fax: 508-753-5601
    Email: info@athenadiagnostics.com
    Athena is a private company that performs the majority of genetic testing for CMT

  • Combined Health Information Database
    7830 Old Georgetown Rd
    Bethesda, MD 20814-0000
    Email: chid@aerie.com
    The Medical Genetics and Rare Disorders database has contact information for organizations that focus on genetic testing and gene therapy, inherited disorders, and rare disorders and information on available publications

  • Frequency of Inherited Disorders Database
    Enter "Charcot Marie Tooth Disease"

  • The Genetics and Rare Disease Information Center
    PO Box 8126
    Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126
    Tel: 301-519-3194
    Toll Free: 888-205-2311
    Fax: 240-632-9164
    Email: gardinfo@nih.gov
    The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center employs experienced information specialists to answer questions from the general public, including patients and their families, health care professionals, and biomedical researchers.

  • Gene Tests
    9725 Third Avenue NE
    Suite 602
    Seattle, WA 98115
    Tel: 206-616-4033
    Fax: 206-221-4679
    Email: genetests@gentests.org
    Provides current, authoritative information on genetic testing and its use in diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling; not a clinical genetic service

  • Genetics Home Reference
    Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions

  • The Jackson Laboratory
    600 Main Street
    Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 USA
    Tel: 207-288-6000
    Mouse models and genomics

  • National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics
    2360 W Joppa Rd, Suite 320
    Lutherville, MD 21093-0000
    Tel: 410-583-0600
    Fax: 410-583-0520
    Email: geneticsinfo@earthlink.net
    NCHPEG is committed to a national effort to promote health professional education and access to information about advances in human genetics

  • National Human Genome Research Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    Building 31, Room 4B09
    31 Center Dr, MSC 2152
    9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20892-2152
    This site provides users with information to help the public better understand genetics, genomics and diagnosed genetic disorders, but does not provide personalized medical advice to individuals about their condition or treatment

  • Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center
    Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathies
    Neuromuscular Division
    Box 8111-Neurology
    660 S Euclid Ave
    St Louis, MO 63110-0000
    Tel: 314-362-6981
    Fax: 314-362-3752
    CMT/HSMN gene loci, clinical features, electrophysiology, etc.

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  • American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
    4720 Montgomery Lane
    PO Box 31220
    Bethesda, MD 20824-1220
    Tel: 301-652-2682
    Toll Free: 800-377-8555
    Fax: 301-652-7711
    About OT and finding an occupational therapist; cannot answer treatment questions about specific cases

  • Ask the NLM
    Get answers to questions about the National Library of Medicine's products, services and sources of information

  • BioMechanics Magazine
    Tel: 952-844-0512
    Fax: 952-844-0017
    Email: biosubs@masub.com
    Browse or search archives for articles of interest; also see Braces Source List 2005 in February 2005 and Foot Orthosis Source List 2005 in July 2005

  • ClinicalTrials.gov
    Up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials

  • NLM Gateway
    U.S. National Library of Medicine
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD
    The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine

  • Locator Plus
    U.S. National Library of Medicine
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD
    Search for book, journal and audiovisual titles in the NLM collections

  • Medscape
    Search Medline for "Charcot-Marie-Tooth" and view abstracts to over 200 articles

  • MedlinePlus
    U.S. National Library of Medicine
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20894-0000
    Email: custserv@nlm.nih.gov
    Consumer portal into health information at NLM/NIH

  • National Center for Biotechnology Information
    U.S. National Library of Medicine
    Building 38A
    Bethesda, MD 20894-0000
    Tel: 301-496-2475
    Fax: 301-480-9241
    Email: info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    Search across databases on "Charcot-Marie-Tooth" and get results for hundreds of abstracts and articles; also info on human genome

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    NIH Neurological Institute
    PO Box 5801
    Bethesda, MD 20824-0000
    Tel: 301-496-5751
    Toll Free: 800-352-9424
    NINDS supports and conducts research, both basic and clinical, on the normal and diseased nervous system, fosters the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences, and seeks better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

  • National Library of Medicine
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20894-0000
    Tel: 301-594-5983
    Toll Free: 888-346-3656
    Fax: 301-402-1384
    Email: custserv@nlm.nih.gov
    The NLM, on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care

  • Online Mendalian Inheritance in Man
    Email: info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    Search OMIM for "Charcot-Marie-Tooth" and view over 120 articles

  • PubMed Central
    National Institutes of Health
    9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20892-0000
    Email: pubmedcentral@nih.gov
    Free access to full-text articles

  • Stem Cell Information
    National Institutes of Health
    9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20892-0000
    Email: stemcell@mail.nih.gov
    Information about stem cell research

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