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Abstract
Diseases characterized by MYOTONIA, which may be inherited or acquired. Myotonia may be restricted to certain muscles (e.g., intrinsic hand muscles) or occur as a generalized condition.
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- Myopathies, Myotonic
- Disorder, Myotonic
- Disorders, Myotonic
- Myopathy, Myotonic
- Myotonic Disorder
- Myotonic Myopathies
- Myotonic Myopathy
- Eulenburg Disease
- Eulenburg's Disease
- Myotonia Fluctuans
- Paralysis Periodica Paramyotonia
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paramyotonia Congenita Without Cold Paralysis
- Paramyotonia Congenita of von Eulenberg
- Von Eulenberg's Disease
- Von Eulenberg Disease
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000
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- Myotonic Dystrophy (1965-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Myotonic Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020967. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020967
- Myotonic Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556352