We report on a preterm neonate of 30 weeks gestational age who presented with marked muscular hypotonia and severe respiratory failure at birth and was diagnosed with congenital myotonic dystrophy.

In recent years, a growing understanding of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)—an often fatal, devastating, rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and other life-limiting ...

Eligible participants included individuals aged 12 years or older with a diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 1, excluding those with congenital myotonic dystrophy. Participants were required to ...

Gottfried, who famously voiced Iago in Disney's 1992 classic Aladdin, had been dealing with recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, his longtime friend and publicist ...

NEW BRIGHTON, MINN. — Twenty-year-old Giacomo Naylor, 16-year-old Lukas Naylor, 13-year-old Isadora Naylor and Gianna Naylor ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Researchers combined advanced imaging techniques and theoretical physics to observe and explain how nanoclusters of the protein emerin form inside living cells. The study uncovers ...

Patients with myotonic dystrophy have smaller hearts, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates. They have impaired autonomic reflexes, measured by orthostatic, Valsalva ...

Researchers focused on Myotonic Dystrophy 1 heart problems are testing a novel approach to restore normal function. Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular ...