Other symptoms may include: Often children with Becker muscular dystrophy can walk. As they get older they may need to use a cane or wheelchair to get around. The symptoms of myotonic dystrophy ...

Myotonic muscular dystrophy, which is sometimes called myotonic dystrophy, is a type of muscular dystrophy. There are two types of myotonic muscular dystrophy, described as type 1 (DM 1 ...

This study was carried out on 9 patients with myotonic dystrophy and 8 with slowly progressive nonmyotonic muscular dystrophy admitted to the Neurology Service at Duke University Hospital and the ...

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Panelists discuss how recent advancements in muscular dystrophy treatment have evolved toward truly disease-modifying ...

The patients with myotonic dystrophy (hereafter also referred to as myotonics) did not differ significantly from the controls with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in terms of weakness or muscular atrophy.

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 incurs high healthcare costs, driven by age and comorbidities like cardiac and respiratory issues. Early detection and integrated management of multisystemic ...