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Proof of genetic heterogeneity in the proximal myotonic myopathy syndrome (PROMM) and its relationship to myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2).
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Oct 2000
Kress W, Mueller-Myhsok B, Ricker K, Schneider C, Koch M C, Toyka K V, Mueller C R, Grimm T
Abstract excerpt
Recently, myotonic dystrophy type 2 has been described as a separate disease entity that is distinctive from classical Steinert's disease since it lacks a CTG repeat expansion on chromosome 19q. A gene locus for myotonic dystrophy type 2 has been mapped to chromosome 3q. Independently, proximal myotonic myopathy has been recognized as yet another form of a multisystem myotonic disorder. Its relationship to...
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