NOMBRE | state | distrofia miotónica | a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck |
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Sentido | A severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant. | |
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General | distrofia muscular, distrofia | Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles |
Inglés | myotonic muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, myotonia atrophica, Steinert's disease |
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