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Myotonic Dystrophy


Myotonic dystrophy, type 2: An inherited disorder of the muscles and other body systems characterized by progressive muscle weakness, prolonged muscle contractions (myotonia), clouding of the lens of the eye (cataracts), cardiac abnormalities, ...
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Myotonic dystrophy (DM), also called dystrophia myotonica, myotonia atrophica, or Steinert disease, is a common form of muscular dystrophy. DM is an inherited disease, affecting males and females approximately equally.
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What is myotonic dystrophy?
An example of an autosomal dominant condition is myotonic dystrophy.
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Becker's muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
myotonic dystrophy
myotonia congenita ...
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Degenerative muscle diseases (muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, myositis)
Neurodegenerative illnesses (Parkinson's disease)
Skeletal abnormalities and disease
Arthritis
Foot conditions (plantar warts, bunions, ingrown toenails, pressure ulcers) ...
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These disorders include myotonic dystrophy, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults, and galactosemia, a rare disorder that involves elevated levels of the sugar galactose in the blood. 3
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