DYSTROPHY, MYOTONIC


Meaning of DYSTROPHY, MYOTONIC in English

Inherited disease with myotonia (irritability and prolonged contraction of muscles), mask-like face, premature balding, cataracts, and cardiac disease. Due to a trinucleotide repeat (a stuttering sequence of three bases) in the DNA.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.