Core Clinical Phenotypes in Myotonic Dystrophies

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2) represent the most frequent multisystemic muscular dystrophies in adulthood. They are progressive, autosomal dominant diseases caused by an abnormal expansion of an unstable nucleotide repeat located in the non-coding region of their respective genes...

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Main Authors: Stephan Wenninger, Federica Montagnese, Benedikt Schoser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
DM1
DM2
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00303/full