The X chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes that determine biological sex. Females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and one Y. The X chromosome carries roughly 900 genes and represents about 5 percent of a cell’s total DNA. In CMT, the X-linked forms are caused by mutations in genes on the X chromosome, which shapes how they are inherited within families.
A Name That Does Too Much Work
Jean-Martin Charcot's name appears throughout medicine, but nowhere does it create more confusion than in the foot. Learn why the CMT foot and Charcot neuroarthropathy, also known as Charcot foot, share a name yet differ in how they develop, appear, and are managed.
