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Myotonic dystrophy--the most common adult form of muscular dystrophy--is a chronic, progressive, and inherited neuromuscular condition presenting with multisystemic complications including distal muscle weakness, myotonia, hypersomnolence, early-onset cataracts, cardiac conduction abnormalities, and slurred speech and swallowing problems (Harper, 2001).
myotonia congenita - a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness Thomsen's disease myotonia - abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction