DM 1 is also called Steinert’s disease. Myotonic muscular dystrophy causes weakness of the skeletal muscles and the internal organs including the heart, the muscles that power breathing ...

There are currently two clinically and molecularly defined forms of myotonic dystrophy: (1) myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), also known as ‘Steinert’s disease'; and (2) myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), also called Steinert's disease, is a multisystemic disorder for which the cardiologist is often consulted. Clinical manifestations of this disease, which involves ...

DM is a multisystem disease with major cardiac involvement. Core features of myotonic dystrophy are myotonia, muscle weakness, cataract, and cardiac conduction abnormalities. Classical DM (first ...