Myopathies - Myotonia

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Identifier NOVEL_Cogan_28-9
Title Myopathies - Myotonia
Creator David G. Cogan, MD (1908-1993)
Affiliation (DGC) Former Director of Ophthalmology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Subject Myopathic; Myotonic Atrophy
Description Presenting Symptom: inability to relax the hand grip - symptom common to all forms of myotonia. 12/30/77: 34 year old man with myotonia dystrophia showing white opacities in the posterior cortex and a congenital lamellar type pf opacity around the fetal nucleus of the lens. Noteworthy in the muscular system is a marked weakness of the face so that he is unable to furrow his forehead and there is a marked weakness of the orbicular despite the fact that he has a slight amount of ptosis. There is also marked myotonia of his grip. Disease/ Diagnosis: Myotonia
Date 1970; 1979
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 3/4" Umatic master videotape
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: David G. Cogan Collection https://novel.utah.edu/Cogan/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6tm7csp
Setname ehsl_novel_dgc
ID 177241
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tm7csp
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