[Dilated cardiomyopathy as part of familial dystrophia myotonica].

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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition characterized by non-ischaemic heart failure and is often hereditary. We present a family in which the proband had DCM in isolation while several relatives presented with myotonia, hypotonia, poly-hydramnion during pregnancy or a mental handicap. The disease presentation and subsequent genetic investigations were consistent with a diagnosis of dystrophia myotonica. This...

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