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Fluid Biomarkers of Central Nervous System (CNS) Involvement in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)
22 Jan 2023
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), commonly known as Steinert’s disease (OMIM #160900), is the most common muscular dystrophy among adults, caused by an unstable expansion of a CTG trinucleotide repeat in the 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of DMPK. Besides skeletal muscle, central nervous system (CNS) involvement is one of the core manifestations of DM1, whose relevant cognitive, behavioral, and affective symptoms...
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