Myotonic Dystrophy

"Myotonic Dystrophy" 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.

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Neuromuscular disorder characterized by PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOTONIA, and various multisystem atrophies. Mild INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY may also occur. Abnormal TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION in the 3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS of DMPK PROTEIN gene is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 1. DNA REPEAT EXPANSION of zinc finger protein-9 gene intron is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 2.

Descriptor ID	D009223
MeSH Number(s)	C05.651.534.500.500 C05.651.662.750 C10.574.500.547 C10.668.491.175.500.500 C10.668.491.606.750 C16.320.400.542 C16.320.577.500
Concept/Terms	Myotonic Dystrophy Myotonic Dystrophy Dystrophies, Myotonic Dystrophy, Myotonic Myotonic Dystrophies Dystrophia Myotonica 1 Myotonia Atrophica Atrophica, Myotonia Atrophicas, Myotonia Myotonia Atrophicas Steinert's Disease Disease, Steinert's Steinerts Disease Myotonic Dystrophy 1 Steinert Disease Disease, Steinert Steinert Myotonic Dystrophy Dystrophy, Steinert Myotonic Myotonic Dystrophy, Steinert Dystrophia Myotonica Dystrophia Myotonicas Myotonica, Dystrophia Myotonicas, Dystrophia Myotonia Dystrophica Dystrophica, Myotonia Dystrophicas, Myotonia Myotonia Dystrophicas Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy Congenital Myotonic Dystrophies Dystrophies, Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital Myotonic Myotonic Dystrophies, Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy 2 Myotonic Dystrophy 2 Ricker Syndrome Syndrome, Ricker PROMM (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy) PROMMs (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy) Proximal Myotonic Myopathy Dystrophia Myotonica 2 Dystrophia Myotonica 2s Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal Myopathies, Proximal Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal Myotonic Myotonic Myopathies, Proximal Proximal Myotonic Myopathies

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Myotonic Dystrophy".

Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Muscular Diseases [C05.651]
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic [C05.651.534]
Muscular Dystrophies [C05.651.534.500]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C05.651.534.500.500]
Myotonic Disorders [C05.651.662]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C05.651.662.750]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurodegenerative Diseases [C10.574]
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C10.574.500]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C10.574.500.547]
Neuromuscular Diseases [C10.668]
Muscular Diseases [C10.668.491]
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic [C10.668.491.175]
Muscular Dystrophies [C10.668.491.175.500]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C10.668.491.175.500.500]
Myotonic Disorders [C10.668.491.606]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C10.668.491.606.750]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C16.320.400]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C16.320.400.542]
Muscular Dystrophies [C16.320.577]
Myotonic Dystrophy [C16.320.577.500]

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