<P> The disease is named after those who classically described it : Jean - Martin Charcot ( 1825 -- 1893 ) , his pupil Pierre Marie ( 1853 -- 1940 ) ( `` Sur une forme particulière d'atrophie musculaire progressive , souvent familiale débutant par les pieds et les jambes et atteignant plus tard les mains '' . Revue médicale . Paris . 6 : 97 -- 138 . 1886 . ) , and Howard Henry Tooth ( 1856 -- 1925 ) ( `` The peroneal type of progressive muscular atrophy '' , dissertation , London , 1886 . ) </P>
<P> The disease is named after those who classically described it : Jean - Martin Charcot ( 1825 -- 1893 ) , his pupil Pierre Marie ( 1853 -- 1940 ) ( `` Sur une forme particulière d'atrophie musculaire progressive , souvent familiale débutant par les pieds et les jambes et atteignant plus tard les mains '' . Revue médicale . Paris . 6 : 97 -- 138 . 1886 . ) , and Howard Henry Tooth ( 1856 -- 1925 ) ( `` The peroneal type of progressive muscular atrophy '' , dissertation , London , 1886 . ) </P>
how did charcot marie tooth disease get its name
how did charcot marie tooth disease get its name
named after those who classically described it
named after those who classically described it