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dystrophia myotonica

dystrophia myotonica Dystrophia myotonica is a neuromuscular disorder marked by gradually worsening muscle wasting, myotonia, and other body-system atrophy.

Dystrophia myotonica is a neuromuscular disorder marked by gradually worsening muscle wasting, myotonia, and other body-system atrophy. Mild intellectual disability can also occur, and forms of the disorder are associated with abnormal DNA repeat expansions in the DMPK gene or the zinc finger protein-9 gene.