a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
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myotonic dystrophy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | myotonia atrophica, myotonic muscular dystrophy, steinert's disease |
| Type of | dystrophy, muscular dystrophy |
Examples of myotonic dystrophy
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But for people with myotonic dystrophy, that relaxation can take many seconds.
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Certain muscle diseases such as myotonic dystrophy occasionally cause constipation.
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In a second series of experiments mice with myotonic dystrophy were treated.
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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 is one of a growing number of newly recognized RNA diseases.
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Myotonic dystrophy type 1, called DM1 for short, is caused by a mutation to one gene.
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She started with a piece of human DNA that was cloned from a myotonic dystrophy patient.
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Myotonic dystrophy is a disease marked by progressive muscle weakness.
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Targeting nuclear RNA for in vivo correction of myotonic dystrophy.
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Myotonic dystrophy results when there are close to 200 repeats.
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