Gender as a Modifying Factor Influencing Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Phenotype Severity and Mortality: A Nationwide Multiple Databases Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is one of the most heterogeneous hereditary disease in terms of age of onset, clinical manifestations, and severity, challenging both medical management and clinical trials. The CTG expansion size is the main factor determining the age of onset although no factor can...

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Main Authors: Celine Dogan, Marie De Antonio, Dalil Hamroun, Hugo Varet, Marianne Fabbro, Felix Rougier, Khadija Amarof, Marie-Christine Arne Bes, Anne-Laure Bedat-Millet, Anthony Behin, Remi Bellance, Françoise Bouhour, Celia Boutte, François Boyer, Emmanuelle Campana-Salort, Françoise Chapon, Pascal Cintas, Claude Desnuelle, Romain Deschamps, Valerie Drouin-Garraud, Xavier Ferrer, Helene Gervais-Bernard, Karima Ghorab, Pascal Laforet, Armelle Magot, Laurent Magy, Dominique Menard, Marie-Christine Minot, Aleksandra Nadaj-Pakleza, Sybille Pellieux, Yann Pereon, Marguerite Preudhomme, Jean Pouget, Sabrina Sacconi, Guilhem Sole, Tanya Stojkovich, Vincent Tiffreau, Andoni Urtizberea, Christophe Vial, Fabien Zagnoli, Gilbert Caranhac, Claude Bourlier, Gerard Riviere, Alain Geille, Romain K Gherardi, Bruno Eymard, Jack Puymirat, Sandrine Katsahian, Guillaume Bassez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4744025?pdf=render