Catalog

Congenital myotonic dystrophy

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Link to WHO Definition

Congenital myotonic dystrophy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/599230687

Congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) is a muscle disorder characterised by severe hypotonia and weakness at birth, often with respiratory insufficiency. Severe form demonstrates a unique “biphasic” course, hereby neonatal symptoms improve or stabilise in surviving neonates, before adult-type symptoms present in later life.