Laboratory abnormalities in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 2.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a recently discovered adult muscular dystrophy. Similar to DM1, this disease causes progressive debilitating weakness, clinical myotonia, and early cataracts and is thought to cause widespread physiologic dysfunction of multiple organ systems.

Objective

To analyze and compile the laboratory abnormalities of patients with DM2.

Design

Baseline DM2 laboratory data were compiled representing 68 different types of laboratory tests and 1442 total studies.

Setting

University medical center.

Patients

Eighty-three adults with genetically confirmed or clinically probable DM2 were identified. Of these patients, 49 had documented baseline laboratory screening.

Main outcome measures

The individual frequencies of ab

SUBMITTER: Heatwole C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3429333 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature