title: Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Myotonic Dystrophy: DMPK Gene Mutation, Insulin Resistance and Development of Steatohepatitis.
abstract: Myotonic dystrophy is a multisystemic disorder characterized by repeat expansion mutations of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK) gene resulting in a defective muscular insulin receptor and insulin resistance. We describe a patient with myotonic dystrophy who developed biopsy-proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. We suggest that patients with myotonic dystrophy are at risk of developing steatohepatitis. The relationship between defective insulin receptor and development of steatohepatitis should be further investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medical College, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex., USA.
authors.forename: Rishi R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duchini