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Myotonic Dystrophy MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Myotonic Dystrophy
Tree Number(s)
C05.651.534.500.500
C05.651.662.750
C10.574.500.547
C10.668.491.175.500.500
C10.668.491.606.750
C16.320.400.542
C16.320.577.500
Unique ID
D009223
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009223
Annotation
do not confuse with MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
Scope Note
Neuromuscular disorder characterized by PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOTONIA, and various multisystem atrophies. Mild INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY may also occur. Abnormal TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION in the 3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS of DMPK PROTEIN gene is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 1. DNA REPEAT EXPANSION of zinc finger protein-9 gene intron is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 2.
Entry Term(s)
Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
Dystrophia Myotonica
Dystrophia Myotonica 1
Dystrophia Myotonica 2
Myotonia Atrophica
Myotonia Dystrophica
Myotonic Dystrophy 1
Myotonic Dystrophy 2
Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital
Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal
PROMM (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy)
Proximal Myotonic Myopathy
Ricker Syndrome
Steinert Disease
Steinert Myotonic Dystrophy
Steinert's Disease
NLM Classification #
WE 559
See Also
DNA Repeat Expansion
Myotonin-Protein Kinase
Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Public MeSH Note
2000; see MYOTONIA ATROPHICA 1966-1999; for MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY see MYOTONIC ATROPHICA 1993-1999
History Note
2000(1966)
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/11/08
Revision Date
2014/06/20
Myotonic Dystrophy Preferred
Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Related
Myotonic Dystrophy 2 Related
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