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Myotonic dystrophy type 1

rare

Steinert disease, also known as myotonic dystrophy type 1, is a muscle disease characterized by myotonia and by multiorgan damage that combines various degrees of muscle weakness, arrhythmia and/or cardiac conduction disorders, cataract, endocrine damage, sleep disorders and baldness.

Identifiers
MONDO:0008056 OMIM:160900Orphanet:273
Causal genes
DMPK
Part of
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathyMyotonic dystrophy
Also known as
DM1 · DMPK myotonic dystrophy · dystrophia myotonica · dystrophia myotonica type 1 · MD1

Subtypes

All diseases Rare only
Disease Subtypes
Adult-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Childhood-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Congenital-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Juvenile-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Late-onset Steinert myotonic dystrophy

Rare disease

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