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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 and de novo FSHD mutation double trouble: a clinical and muscle MRI study.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2013
Masciullo M, Iannaccone E, Bianchi M L E, Santoro M, Conte G, Modoni A, Monforte M, Tasca G, Laschena F, Ricci E, Silvestri G
Abstract excerpt
Here we describe the first case of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) associated with facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy (FSHD). From a clinical point of view, the patient displayed a pattern of muscle involvement reminiscent of both disorders, including hand-grip myotonia, facial, axial and distal limbs muscle weakness as well as a bilateral winged scapula associated with atrophy of the pectoralis major muscle and...
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