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- Title
Cancer risk among patients with myotonic muscular dystrophy.
- Authors
Gadalla, Shahinaz M; Lund, Marie; Pfeiffer, Ruth M; Gørtz, Sanne; Mueller, Christine M; Moxley, Richard T, 3rd; Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y; Björkholm, Magnus; Shebl, Fatma M; Hilbert, James E; Landgren, Ola; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads; Greene, Mark H
- Abstract
Myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD) is an autosomal-dominant multisystem neuromuscular disorder characterized by unstable nucleotide repeat expansions. Case reports have suggested that MMD patients may be at increased risk of malignancy, putative risks that have never been quantified.
- Publication
JAMA, 2011, Vol 306, Issue 22, p2480
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2011.1796