A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder.

Scientists from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV) have uncovered a genetic link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and a rare genetic condition ...

Gilbert Gottfried, Aladdin Voice Actor and Comedian, Dead at 67 'After a Long Illness' Myotonic dystrophy can lead to scarring in the heart, and arrhythmias — an irregular heartbeat. In ...

In recent years, a growing understanding of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)—an often fatal, devastating, rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and other life-limiting ...

Patients with myotonic dystrophy have smaller hearts, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates. They have impaired autonomic reflexes, measured by orthostatic, Valsalva ...

We also investigate the pathogenic mechanisms of myotonic dystrophy, type 1 (DM1), an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder affecting multiple tissues including muscle, heart and the central ...

"We are very encouraged by del-desiran data reported from the MARINA and MARINA-OLE studies thus far, demonstrating favorable long-term ... About Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Myotonic dystrophy ...

for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), an investigational treatment designed to address the root cause of DM1, an underrecognized, progressive and often fatal neuromuscular disease ...