miotonia zanikowa, choroba Steinerta

(a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck
difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips
the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow
inheritance is autosomal dominant)
dystrofia miotoniczna, DM, miotonia zanikowa, choroba Curschmanna-Steinerta
synonim: myotonic muscular dystrophy
synonim: myotonic dystrophy
synonim: Steinert's disease