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Infertile Males with Muscle Weakness: Keep Your Eyes Open for Myotonic Dystrophy

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Acknowledgments

The study was not funded by anybody. The patients themselves bore the cost of suggested investigations.

Author Contributions

PPC, SNB, SP, GS were involved in evaluation and management of both patients. PPC, SNB and SP were involved in the literature search and writing the manuscript. GS checked and finalised the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, 721101, India

    Partha P. Chakraborty, Sugata N. Biswas, Shinjan Patra & Gouranga Santra

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Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest if any: none. All the authors (PPC, SNB, SP, GS) declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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This article contains case report only. The patients were evaluated according to their presentations. They were not included in any study protocol by any of the authors. The institute approves publication of case series.

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Partha P. Chakraborty, Assistant Professor; Sugata N. Biswas, Postgraduate trainee; Shinjan Patra, Postgraduate trainee; Gouranga Santra, Associate Professor.

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Chakraborty, P.P., Biswas, S.N., Patra, S. et al. Infertile Males with Muscle Weakness: Keep Your Eyes Open for Myotonic Dystrophy. J Obstet Gynecol India 66 (Suppl 2), 683–685 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-016-0899-6

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