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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1976;5(1): 189-194. |
| Myotonia Dystrophica. |
| Kyung Hee Park, Sel Joo Kim, Chung Hie Oh |
| Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Myotonia dystrophica or myotonia atrophica is inheritant disease which appears usually from 2nd or 3rd decade. This disorder is characterized by an impaired ability to relax a previously contracted muscle, muscle weakness and atrophy, cataract and multiple system involvement including the endocrines. The electrophysiological characteristics of myotonia dystrophica show a essential, differential features from the other myotonias with myopathic EMG changes. This paper describes 3 siblings with myotonia dystrophica and a case with no members of families clinically affected, and they were studied by clinically and by electromyographically. |
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