Breathing and Pulmonary Care

By Michael E. Shy, MD, CMT Clinic, University of Iowa Hospital – We receive a number of questions in our CMT clinic about how Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease affects breathing. CMT affects peripheral nerves called “somatic nerves” that ...

By Ashraf Elsayegh, MD, FCCP, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Overview:Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT) is a spectrum of disorders (CMT-1A, CMT-1B, CMT-2, X-Linked CMT, CMT-3, CMT-4, and CMT 5-7) that affect peripheral nerves that carry ...