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Muscular dystrophy: Myotonic dystrophy type I

Types

Defining Characteristics

Maternal anticipation, asymmetric distal weaknes w/ myotonia, pt can make a fist but can’t open it back up easily; frontal balding, cataracts, cardiac conduction probs, endocrine dysfunction (hypogonadism, insulinR), GI hypomotility

Disease Development

Autosomal dominant inheritance associated with trinucleotide CTG repeats in myotonin-protein kinase gene on C19

Potential Causes

Maternal anticipation (increases number of CTG rpts)

Epidemiology

5-20/100,000 live births

Lab/Imaging

Clinical exam

Complications

Multisystem disorder; possible complete heart block