Myotonic dystrophy of Steinert: are anxiety and depression necessarily concomitants?
Anxio-depressive symptomatology was not found in a small group of thirteen myotonic dystrophy ("Steinert's disease") patients. This contradicts previously published reports which document a moderately severe affective disorder in this disease as well as showing a beneficial clinical response to "imipramine" and "lithium carbonate". Methodologic and interpretative difference may explain the discordance between the studies.
Cuthill
J
J
Department of Psychiatry, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Montréal, Québec.
Gattereau
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Viguié
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics