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Descriptor English: Myotonia Congenita
Descriptor Spanish: Miotonía Congénita
Descriptor miotonía congénita
Entry term(s) enfermedad de Thomsen
miotonía de Becker
miotonía generalizada de Becker
Scope note: Enfermedad muscular hereditaria, dominante, que comienza en la infancia temprana y se caracteriza por miotonia grave (relajación retardada del músculo) tras vigorosas contracciones voluntarias. Es frecuente la hipertrofia muscular y la miotonía puede obstaculizar la deambulación y los movimientos. La miotonía típicamente se hace menos grave con las contracciones voluntarias repetidas de los músculos afectados. La miotonía generalizada (de Becker) es una variante autosómica recesiva congénita que se cracteriza por miotonía y atrofia muscular más graves. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1476-7; Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1997, Ch53, p18)
Descriptor Portuguese: Miotonia Congênita
Descriptor French: Myotonie congénitale
Entry term(s): Batten Turner Congenital Myopathy
Batten-Turner Congenital Myopathy
Becker Disease
Becker Generalized Myotonia
Congenital Myotonia
Disease, Becker
Disease, Thomsen
Disease, Thomsen's
Disease, Thomsens
Generalized Myotonia
Generalized Myotonia of Becker
Generalized Myotonia of Thomsen
Generalized Myotonia, Becker
Generalized Myotonias
Myopathy, Congenital
Myotonia Congenita, Autosomal Dominant
Myotonia Congenita, Autosomal Recessive
Myotonia Levior
Myotonia, Becker Generalized
Myotonia, Generalized
Myotonia, Generalized, Becker
Myotonias, Generalized
Thomsen Disease
Thomsen Generalized Myotonia
Thomsen's Disease
Thomsens Disease
Tree number(s): C05.651.662.500
C10.574.500.545
C10.668.491.606.500
C16.320.400.540
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009224
Scope note: Inherited myotonic disorders with early childhood onset MYOTONIA. Muscular hypertrophy is common and myotonia may impair ambulation and other movements. It is classified as Thomsen (autosomal dominant) or Becker (autosomal recessive) generalized myotonia mainly based on the inheritance pattern. Becker type is also clinically more severe. An autosomal dominant variant with milder symptoms and later onset is known as myotonia levior. Mutations in the voltage-dependent skeletal muscle chloride channel are associated with the disorders.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: MYOTONIA CONGEN
DeCS ID: 9415
Unique ID: D009224
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Myotonia Congenita - Preferred
Concept UI M0014373
Scope note Inherited myotonic disorders with early childhood onset MYOTONIA. Muscular hypertrophy is common and myotonia may impair ambulation and other movements. It is classified as Thomsen (autosomal dominant) or Becker (autosomal recessive) generalized myotonia mainly based on the inheritance pattern. Becker type is also clinically more severe. An autosomal dominant variant with milder symptoms and later onset is known as myotonia levior. Mutations in the voltage-dependent skeletal muscle chloride channel are associated with the disorders.
Preferred term Myotonia Congenita
Entry term(s) Batten Turner Congenital Myopathy
Batten-Turner Congenital Myopathy
Congenital Myotonia
Generalized Myotonia
Generalized Myotonias
Myopathy, Congenital
Myotonia, Generalized
Myotonias, Generalized
Myotonia Levior - Narrower
Concept UI M0337013
Preferred term Myotonia Levior
Generalized Myotonia of Thomsen - Narrower
Concept UI M0540215
Preferred term Generalized Myotonia of Thomsen
Entry term(s) Disease, Thomsen
Disease, Thomsen's
Disease, Thomsens
Myotonia Congenita, Autosomal Dominant
Thomsen Disease
Thomsen Generalized Myotonia
Thomsen's Disease
Thomsens Disease
Becker Generalized Myotonia - Narrower
Concept UI M0540216
Preferred term Becker Generalized Myotonia
Entry term(s) Becker Disease
Disease, Becker
Generalized Myotonia of Becker
Generalized Myotonia, Becker
Myotonia Congenita, Autosomal Recessive
Myotonia, Becker Generalized
Myotonia, Generalized, Becker



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