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Clinical and genetic knowledge and attitudes of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2010
Laberge L, Prévost C, Perron M, Mathieu J, Auclair J, Gaudreault M, Richer L, Jean S, Veillette S
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AIMS: The goal was to assess clinical and genetic knowledge and attitudes in patients affected by myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). METHODS: Two hundred patients with molecular confirmation of the diagnosis of DM1 completed a multi-choice questionnaire. DM1 patients' knowledge and views were compared to clinically normal DM1 noncarriers (n = 264) and controls (n = 1,474). RESULTS: Knowledge of the DM1 mode of...
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