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A patient with myotonic dystrophy diagnosed after experiencing sudden respiratory failure: a case report

BACKGROUND: Myotonic dystrophy is a disorder affecting multiple organs including skeletal muscles and causes respiratory failure. We describe a patient who developed respiratory failure, with delayed diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 1 as the cause. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old woman develope...

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Autores principales: Nishihara, Noriaki, Tachibana, Shunsuke, Sonoda, Hajime, Yamakage, Michiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-020-00388-7