Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (atrophy)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (atrophy)
Char·cot-Ma·rie-Tooth disease (atrophy) (shahr-koґ mah-reґ tthґ) [J.M. Charcot; P. Marie; Howard Henry Tooth, English physician, 1856–1925] see under disease.

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