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NERVE ULTRASOUND IN PATIENTS WITH CMT1C: DESCRIPTION OF 3 CASES Ultrasound (US) has been used for nerve evaluation in generalized peripheral nervous system diseases,1 including inflammatory neuropathies, such as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy2 and multifocal motor neuropathy,3 and inherited neuropathies, such as Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease4,5 or familial amyloid neuropathy.6 The Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) diseases are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited peripheral neuropathies.7 Mutations in LITAF/SIMPLE cause CMT1C and represent

Nerve ultrasound in patients with CMT1C: description of 3 cases.

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