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A 10-year study of mortality in a cohort of patients with myotonic dystrophy.

Neurology - 12 May 1999

Mathieu J, Allard P, Potvin L, Prévost C, Bégin P

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the age and causes of death as well as the predictors of survival in patients with myotonic dystrophy (DM). METHODS: In a longitudinal study, a cohort of 367 patients with definite DM was followed for 10 years. RESULTS: During the 10-year period, 75 of the 367 DM patients (20%) died. The mean age at death (53.2 years, range 24 to 81) was similar for men and women. Among these 75 patients,...

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PMID: 10331695
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.8.1658

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