Like many other muscular dystrophies, the cause of DM1 is genetic. An alteration in the causative gene, dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK), leads to a toxic messenger RNA (mRNA ...

Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were recorded in a group of 21 patients with dystrophia myotonica and in a group of controls. Those with dystrophia myotonica had longer absolute peak ...

Autosomal dominant congenital DM1 is due to a CTG repeat expansion of the DMPK (dystrophia myotonica protein kinase) gene on chromosome 19q13.32. Molecular genetic testing of the infant revealed ...