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Myotonic Dystrophy

"Myotonic Dystrophy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Neuromuscular disorder characterized by PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOTONIA, and various multisystem atrophies. Mild INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY may also occur. Abnormal TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION in the 3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS of DMPK PROTEIN gene is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 1. DNA REPEAT EXPANSION of zinc finger protein-9 gene intron is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 2.

Descriptor ID	D009223
MeSH Number(s)	C05.651.534.500.500 C05.651.662.750 C10.574.500.547 C10.668.491.175.500.500 C10.668.491.606.750 C16.320.400.542 C16.320.577.500
Concept/Terms	Myotonic Dystrophy Myotonic Dystrophy Dystrophies, Myotonic Dystrophy, Myotonic Myotonic Dystrophies Dystrophia Myotonica 1 Myotonia Atrophica Atrophica, Myotonia Atrophicas, Myotonia Myotonia Atrophicas Steinert's Disease Disease, Steinert's Steinerts Disease Myotonic Dystrophy 1 Steinert Disease Disease, Steinert Steinert Myotonic Dystrophy Dystrophy, Steinert Myotonic Myotonic Dystrophy, Steinert Dystrophia Myotonica Dystrophia Myotonicas Myotonica, Dystrophia Myotonicas, Dystrophia Myotonia Dystrophica Dystrophica, Myotonia Dystrophicas, Myotonia Myotonia Dystrophicas Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy Congenital Myotonic Dystrophies Dystrophies, Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Myotonic Myotonic Dystrophies, Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy 2 Myotonic Dystrophy 2 Ricker Syndrome Syndrome, Ricker PROMM (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy) PROMMs (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy) Proximal Myotonic Myopathy Dystrophia Myotonica 2 Dystrophia Myotonica 2s Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal Myopathies, Proximal Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal Myotonic Myotonic Myopathies, Proximal Proximal Myotonic Myopathies

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Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Muscular Diseases [C05.651]
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic [C05.651.534]
Muscular Dystrophies [C05.651.534.500]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C05.651.534.500.500]
Myotonic Disorders [C05.651.662]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C05.651.662.750]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurodegenerative Diseases [C10.574]
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C10.574.500]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C10.574.500.547]
Neuromuscular Diseases [C10.668]
Muscular Diseases [C10.668.491]
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic [C10.668.491.175]
Muscular Dystrophies [C10.668.491.175.500]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C10.668.491.175.500.500]
Myotonic Disorders [C10.668.491.606]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C10.668.491.606.750]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C16.320.400]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C16.320.400.542]
Muscular Dystrophies [C16.320.577]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C16.320.577.500]

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Year	Major Topic	Total
2008	1	1
2012	1	1
2016	2	2
2017	10	10
2018	11	11
2019	2	2
2020	2	2

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Myotoxic drugs and immunodeficiency may contribute to the poor outcome of COVID-19 patients with myotonic dystrophy. Acta Neurol Belg. 2021 06; 121(3):799-800.

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Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2020; 16:463-466.

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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 as a major risk factor for severe COVID-19? Acta Neurol Belg. 2021 Dec; 121(6):1761-1765.

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COVID-19 Autopsies, Oklahoma, USA. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 05 05; 153(6):725-733.

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Sleep-disordered breathing and effects of non-invasive ventilation on objective sleep and nocturnal respiration in patients with myotonic dystrophy type I. Neuromuscul Disord. 2019 04; 29(4):302-309.

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Neurophysiological Evidence of Motor Network Reorganization in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: A Pilot Magnetoencephalographic Study. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2019 Jan; 36(1):74-81.

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Hemangiomas of the tongue and the oral cavity in a myotonic dystrophy type 1 patient: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Nov; 97(48):e13448.

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Diffusion tensor imaging and voxel-based morphometry reveal corticospinal tract involvement in the motor dysfunction of adult-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1. Sci Rep. 2018 10 22; 8(1):15592.

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Oral Management of Steinert's Disease and Role of Anxiolysis. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2018 Sep 01; 19(9):1157-1160.

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Diastolic heart dysfunction is correlated with CTG repeat length in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Neurol Sci. 2018 Nov; 39(11):1935-1943.

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