Article
[Becker's myotonia in Peru].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Torres L, Vélez M, Cosentino C
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The word myotonia was used for the first time by Strümpell in 1891. Diseases associated with this symptom are called myotonias. They are classified on the basis of their clinical features in: congenita myotonia, paramyotonia congenita, myotonic dystrophy and Schwartz-Jampel syndrome. Becker's myotonia is a generalized congenita nondystrophic myotonia transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait and...
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