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Major involvement of trunk muscles in myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Dec 2016
Solbakken G, Ørstavik K, Hagen T, Dietrichs E, Naerland T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The motor impairments in Myotonic Dystrophy 1 (DM1) are assumed to progress from distal toward proximal parts of the extremities in the Juvenile and Adult forms of DM1. On occasion and late in progress spine deformity is observed. In this study we have examined whether and to what extent trunk muscles are impaired in DM1, and if this impairment is correlated with the duration of the disorder, walking...
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