The literature currently has articles like this, demonstrating drugs or other things triggering CMT symptoms in otherwise asymptomatic patients:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8600343
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11442172
http://www.help4cmt.com/articles/?id...scular-disease
Levaquin unmasking asymptomatic CMT:
http://www.theannals.com/content/45/10/1312
While environmental events do not CAUSE the genetic mutation itself, it seems that they can trigger symptoms, in people who don't know they have CMT until the event occurs. Some people live without knowing they have CMT because onset varies so much between patients.
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