Gender effect on cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1.

Matteo GaribaldiAntonio LaulettaElisabetta BucciLaura FiondaFiammetta VanoliLuca LeonardiGirolamo AlfieriLaura TufanoStefania MorinoGioia MerlonghiPaolo AnibaldiMarco SalvettiMarco TestaGiovanni Antonini

Published in: European journal of neurology (2020)

The overall risk of occurrence of CCAs in DM1 is significantly higher in males than females regardless of genetic background and disease severity and progression. Moreover, the data also suggest a similar impact for male gender for CCRAs overall, CCAs, and SCD even if not statistically significant.

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