Myotonia Dystrophia: A Review of 17 Cases

Overview

Journal Can Med Assoc J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2010 Mar 24

PMID 20326846

Citations 4

Authors

B Slatt

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Citing Articles

HEART DISEASE AS THE PRESENTING FEATURE IN MYOTONIA ATROPHICA.

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Ocular changes in myotonic dystrophy.

BURIAN H, Burns C Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 1966; 64:250-73.

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Gastric bezoar in a patient with myotonic dystrophy. A review of the gastrointestinal complications of myotonic dystrophy.

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Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular function in myotonic muscular dystrophy.

Venco A, SAVIOTTI M, Besana D, FINARDI G, Lanzi G Br Heart J. 1978; 40(11):1262-6.

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