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Epidemiological surveillance of myotonic dystrophy type 1: a 25-year population-based study.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Nov 2012
Mathieu Jean, Prévost Claude
Abstract excerpt
This epidemiological study investigates the evolution of the prevalence and the phenotypes in a large cohort of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) patients living in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region (Quebec, Canada) over a 25-year period (1985-2010). In 1985, 406 patients with DM1 were known. From 1985 to 2010, 352 new DM1 patients were diagnosed and 321 patients died. During this period, we observed a...
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