"Myotonic Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D020967
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.662 C10.668.491.606
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| Concept/Terms |
Myotonic Disorders- Myotonic Disorders
- Disorder, Myotonic
- Disorders, Myotonic
- Myotonic Disorder
- Myopathies, Myotonic
- Myopathy, Myotonic
- Myotonic Myopathies
- Myotonic Myopathy
Paramyotonia Congenita- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paralysis Periodica Paramyotonia
- Eulenburg's Disease
- Eulenburg Disease
- Paramyotonia Congenita of von Eulenberg
- Von Eulenberg's Disease
- Von Eulenberg Disease
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myotonic Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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Miller TM, Dias da Silva MR, Miller HA, Kwiecinski H, Mendell JR, Tawil R, McManis P, Griggs RC, Angelini C, Servidei S, Petajan J, Dalakas MC, Ranum LP, Fu YH, Ptácek LJ. Correlating phenotype and genotype in the periodic paralyses. Neurology. 2004 Nov 9; 63(9):1647-55.
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Arikawa-Hirasawa E, Le AH, Nishino I, Nonaka I, Ho NC, Francomano CA, Govindraj P, Hassell JR, Devaney JM, Spranger J, Stevenson RE, Iannaccone S, Dalakas MC, Yamada Y. Structural and functional mutations of the perlecan gene cause Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, with myotonic myopathy and chondrodysplasia. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May; 70(5):1368-75.