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Steinert's disease
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Steinert's disease - a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominantmyotonia atrophica, myotonic dystrophy, myotonic muscular dystrophydystrophy, muscular dystrophy - any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles |
EncyclopediaSeemyotonic dystrophySteinert's disease
myotonia [mi″o-to´ne-ah] any disorder involving tonic spasm of muscle. adj., adj myoton´ic.myotonia atro´phica dystrophy" >myotonic dystrophy.myotonia conge´nita a hereditary disease marked by tonic spasm and rigidity of certain muscles when attempts are made to move them. The stiffness tends to disappear as the muscles are used.myotonia dystro´phica dystrophy" >myotonic dystrophy.Steinert's disease
Related to Steinert's disease: Proximal myotonic myopathySynonyms for Steinert's diseasenoun a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neckSynonyms- myotonia atrophica
- myotonic dystrophy
- myotonic muscular dystrophy
Related Words- dystrophy
- muscular dystrophy
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