Reproductive Cancer Risk Factors in Women With Myotonic Dystrophy (DM): Survey Data From the US and UK DM Registries

Reproductive Cancer Risk Factors in Women With Myotonic Dystrophy (DM): Survey Data From the US and UK DM Registries

Introduction: Recent evidence demonstrates that women with myotonic dystrophy type 1 are at increased risk of reproductive organ tumors. However, studies of reproductive cancer risk factors in those patients are lacking.Methods: Using questionnaires, we collected and analyzed personal history inform...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Higgs, James E. Hilbert, Libby Wood, William B. Martens, Chiara Marini-Bettolo, Nikoletta Nikolenko, Rotana Alsaggaf, Hanns Lochmüller, Richard T. Moxley, Mark H. Greene, Youjin Wang, Shahinaz M. Gadalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
myotonic dystrophy
Steinert's disease
female reproductive factors
benign tumor
cancer
endometrial cancer
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.01071/full

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