Perinatal. Referring to the period of time surrounding an infant's birth, from the last two months of pregnancy to the first 28 days of life. The TORCH panel tests for perinatal infections.
1 CMT1 is commonly caused by a duplication of a gene on chromosome 17. This gene controls the production of your nervesâ protective myelin sheath. CMT1 is also caused by other gene defects.  CMT2 results from a defect in your peripheral nerve cellsâ axon. This is caused by a defect in your mitofusin 2 gene.
Type X Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX) is caused by mutations in a gene on the X chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes. Within the various types of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, subtypes (such as CMT1A, CMT1B, CMT2A, CMT4A, and CMTX1) are distinguished by the specific gene that is altered.