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PREPUBERTAL GYNECOMASTIA: A RARE MANIFESTATION OF MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1

Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2020
Objective: To present a case of bilateral gynecomastia in a prepubertal boy with autism spectrum disorder, diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy type 1. Case description: A 12-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder presented at a follow-up visit with ...
Patrícia Sofia Ferreira Miranda, Ester Preciosa Maio Nunes Pereira, Joana Serra Caetano Baltazar Barreto, Margarida Maria Videira Henriques, Maria Alice Santos Cordeiro Mirante, Lina Maria Jesus Ferreira Cardoso Ramos   +5 more
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Total intravenous anesthesia in a 10-month-old patient with congenital myotonic dystrophy undergoing endoscopic third ventriculostomy -A case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012
Myotonic dystrophy is a rare genetic disorder characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness. Surgical treatment of this condition poses various problems for the anesthesiologist.
Jung Hwa Joh, Ji Yeon Kim, Seung-Hye Baek, Jun-Gol Song, Yu Mi Lee, Joung Uk Kim   +5 more
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Increased SK3 expression in DM1 lens cells leads to impaired growth through a greater calcium-induced fragility [PDF]

, 2006
Although cataract is a characteristic feature of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), little is known of the underlying mechanisms. We generated four lens epithelial cell lines derived from DM1 cataracts and two from age-matched, non-DM cataracts. Small-pool
Abe, Alan R. Prescott, Anvret, Behrens, Benders, Collison, Darren G. Monckton, Delamere, Diecke, Duke-Elder, Duncan, Dunne, Fleming, George Duncan, Gomes-Pereira, Gomes-Pereira, Harper, Harris, Hull, James, Jeremy D. Rhodes, Jin, John P. McAbney, Khajavi, Khan, Kimura, Klesert, Lauf, Monckton, O'Cochlain, Pham, Remillard, Renaud, Rhodes, Sanderson, Sarkar, Stocker, Sun, Tapscott, Vergara, Winchester   +40 more
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Congenital muscular dystrophy: from muscle to brain. [PDF]

, 2016
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a wide group of muscular disorders that manifest with very early onset of muscular weakness, sometime associated to severe brain involvement.The histologic pattern of muscle anomalies is typical of dystrophic ...
Corsello G, Falsaperla R, Parano E, Pavone P, Praticò AD, Rizzo R, Ruggieri M, Vitaliti G   +7 more
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Fuchs' Endothelial and Myotonic Dystrophies: Corneal Dystrophy in Myotonic Patients [PDF]

Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2017
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De Bernardo, Maddalena, Rosa, Nicola
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Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Myotonic Dystrophy: DMPK Gene Mutation, Insulin Resistance and Development of Steatohepatitis

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2010
Myotonic dystrophy is a multisystemic disorder characterized by repeat expansion mutations of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK) gene resulting in a defective muscular insulin receptor and insulin resistance.
Rishi R. Bhardwaj, Andrea Duchini
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A patient with myotonic dystrophy diagnosed after experiencing sudden respiratory failure: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2020
Background Myotonic dystrophy is a disorder affecting multiple organs including skeletal muscles and causes respiratory failure. We describe a patient who developed respiratory failure, with delayed diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 1 as the cause ...
Noriaki Nishihara, Shunsuke Tachibana, Hajime Sonoda, Michiaki Yamakage   +3 more
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Cognitive Deficits, Apathy, and Hypersomnolence Represent the Core Brain Symptoms of Adult-Onset Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults, and is primarily characterized by muscle weakness and myotonia, yet some of the most disabling symptoms of the disease are cognitive and behavioral.
Jacob N. Miller, Alison Kruger, David J. Moser, Laurie Gutmann, Ellen van der Plas, Timothy R. Koscik, Sarah A. Cumming, Darren G. Monckton, Peggy C. Nopoulos, Peggy C. Nopoulos, Peggy C. Nopoulos   +10 more
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Myotonic Dystrophy [PDF]

Neurologic Clinics, 2012
Myotonic dystrophy (dystrophia myotonica, DM) is one of the most common lethal monogenic disorders in populations of European descent. DM type 1 was first described over a century ago. More recently, a second form of the disease, DM type 2 was recognized, which results from repeat expansion in a different gene.
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Targeting myotonic dystrophy by preimplantation genetic diagnosis-karyomapping

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2019
Objective: To report a case with Myotonic dystrophy type I with successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis-karyomapping. Case report: A 34-year-old female carrier of myotonic dystrophy type I was treated at our clinic with a successful pregnancy after ...
Cheng-Wei Wang, Yung-Liang Liu, Chi-Huang Chen   +2 more
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