Treatment with Vincristine Can Reveal Mutation for CMT Type 4, Case Report Shows
Treatment with the chemotherapy drug vincristine can lead to severe neuropathy (nerve disease) in patients with an underlying mutation for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4, according to a new case report from California. The study, “Heterozygosity for CMT Type 4 Predicts a Severe Vincristine-induced Polyneuropathy Phenotype: A Case Report…