raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:99954

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4H

Synonyms: CMT4H

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Infancy
Status
active

A form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4 characterized by onset before two years of age of severe, slowly progressive, demyelinating sensorimotor neuropathy manifesting with delayed motor development (walking), unsteady gait, distal muscle weakness and atrophy (more prominent in the lower limbs), areflexia, mild symmetrical stocking-distribution hypoesthesia, and skeletal malformations (incl. kyphoscoliosis, short neck, pes cavus and pes equinus). Some patients have thenar and hypothenar hypoplasia. Severely reduced nerve conduction velocities are associated.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4HCMT4H
frMaladie de Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4H= en
deCharcot-Marie-Tooth-Krankheit Typ 4H= en
esEnfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 4H
itMalattia di Charcot-Marie-Tooth, tipo 4H= en
nlZiekte van Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4H= en
ptDoença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 4H
plChoroba Charcota, Mariego i Tootha typu 4H= en
csCharcotova-Marieova-Toothova nemoc, typ 4HCMT4H · Charcot-Marie-Toothova nemoc, typ 4H
ukХвороба Шарко-Марі-Тута, тип 4H= en
zh腓骨肌萎缩症4H型= en
trCharcot-Marie-Tooth hastalığı tip 4H= en

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM609311Evalidated
ICD-10G60.0NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-118C20.0NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0012250Evalidated
MeSHC563740Evalidated
UMLSC1836336Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
FGD4Disease-causing germline mutation(s) (loss of function) inAssessedHGNC:19125ENSG0000013913261110412p11.21FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing 423926620[PMID]_20301641[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families15 casesWorldwideCase(s)Validated23770104[PMID]_26400421[PMID]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET_23770104[PMID]_26400421[PMID]

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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