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Myotonic Dystrophy

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2010

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Atrophy and weakness of sternomastoids and hyperlordosis of neck ("swan neck"), Electromyogram (EMG) investigation - revealing electrical myotonia, Gastrointestinal symptoms - in as many as 80% of patients, Iridiscent posterior subcapsular cataracts (metachromatic or "Christmas tree") - found by slit-lamp examination, Myotonic dystrophy (DM, dystrophia myotonica or Steinert's disease) - most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults, Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), by aberrantly expanded CTG repeat in 3′-untranslated region of DM protein kinase (DMPK) gene, Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2), Prevalence of DM1 - approximately 5 per 100 000 in American and European populations

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https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444317008.ch61
 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84885506711&doi=10.1002%2f9781444317008.ch61&partnerID=40&md5=29ac6accfe8fdce0d9a46285e7588b8c
 https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/14073

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