Gastroparesis in myotonic dystrophy 1.
Clinicians should consider impaired gastric emptying when evaluating patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 and severe symptoms of upper gut dysmotility. Gastric emptying time measurement by radionuclide study, although informative, is rarely done in clinical practice.
Autonomic Laboratory, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Heusnerstr. 40, 42283, Wuppertal, Germany. carl-albrecht.haensch@helios-kliniken.de
Carl-Albrecht
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Haensch
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Wehe
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Jigalin
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Isenmann
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging