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Co-occurrence of DMPK expansion and CLCN1 mutation in a patient with myotonia.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Dec 2021
Locci Sara, Cardani Rosanna, Brunori Paola, Lucchiari Sabrina, Comi Giacomo P, Federico Antonio, De Stefano Nicola, Meola Giovanni, Mignarri Andrea
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Myotonic disorders are a group of diseases affecting the muscle, in different ways. Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is related to (CTG)n expansion in the 3-untranslated region of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK) gene and is the most frequent and disabling form, causing muscular, visibility, respiratory, and cardiac impairment. Non-dystrophic myotonias (NDMs) affect the skeletal muscle...
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