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Gastroparesis in myotonic dystrophy 1

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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.

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  1. Autonomic Laboratory, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Heusnerstr. 40, 42283, Wuppertal, Germany

    Carl-Albrecht Haensch, J. Wehe & S. Isenmann

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany

    A. Jigalin

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  1. Carl-Albrecht Haensch
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Haensch, CA., Wehe, J., Jigalin, A. et al. Gastroparesis in myotonic dystrophy 1. Clin Auton Res 21, 125–126 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-010-0097-z

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