This report describes general characteristics of the group of diseases classified as myotonic dystrophy. Myotonic dystrophy is an autosomal dominant disorder, with multiple genes and mapped loci, and is the most common form of muscular dystrophy that begins in adulthood. A listing of myotonic dystrophy subtypes, as defined by OMIM, may be found in the table below, with links to more detailed reports for subtypes that have been investigated using fly models.
[updated April 2016 by FlyBase; FBrf0222196]
Myotonic dystrophy is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized mainly by myotonia, muscular dystrophy, cataracts, hypogonadism, frontal balding, and ECG changes. [From MIM:608233, 2016.04.15]
