myotonic dystrophy
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dystrophia myotonica, Steinert disease, congenital myotonic dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy of Steinert, Myotonic dystrophy type 1, MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY 1, MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY 1; DM1, DM1
long term genetic disorder that affects muscle function
Research
8,156 papers- Myotonic Dystrophy.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2022
- Myotonic dystrophy.Neurologic clinics · 2014
- Myotonic dystrophy type 2: the 2020 update.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2020
- Myotonic dystrophy.Neurologic clinics · 1988
- Update on the clinical and therapeutic aspects of myotonic dystrophy type 1.Current opinion in neurology · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Myotonic dystrophy patient.JPG
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- Commons category
- Myotonic dystrophy
- health specialty
- neurology
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_273
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84914
- ICD-9-CM
- 359.21
- genetic association
- DMPK
- medical examination
- genetic testing
- prevalence
- 0.000125
- symptoms and signs
- sterility
- possible treatment
- artificial pacemaker
- has cause
- mutation
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
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