Tag: Dystrophies

  • Congenital Myopathy

    Congenital Myopathy

    1- myotonias: A- Steinert disease: – Synonym: Myotonic dystrophy – If transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion. – The molecular abnormality in question is located in the gene encoding the protein kinase myotonine (DMPK) on ch.19 by abnormal amplification of a trinuclotidique sequence. – Atrophy predominant in the cephalic end responsible for a particular facies…