The facts by Prof Peter Harper - a good source of information

please contact the office to order a copy for £16.00 incl. P&P within the UK.

National Coordinator Mrs. M. A. Bowler S.R.N. S.C.M.,
Myotonic Dystrophy Support Group,
35a Carlton Hill,
Carlton,
Nottingham,
NG4 1BG.

Office: 0115 9875869
Fax: 0115 9876462
E-mail: mdsg@tesco.net

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Another book which may be useful for the medical staff looking after you is : Genetic Instabilities and Neurological Disease, 

second edition Hardbound, ISBN: 0-12-369462-0, 784 pages,
Edited By Robert D. Wells and Tetsuo Ashizawa.publication date: 2006 ACADEMIC PRESS 

http://books.elsevier.com/bookscat/links/details.asp?isbn=0123694620 
 
This book includes sections on both DM1 and DM2. Ralf Krahe, Bjarne Udd & Linda L. Bachinski have co-authored a chapter on Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2: Clinical and Genetic Aspects in the revised edition of this book. It is the first book written for medical professionals which has any detailed information on DM2 despite this disease being in the medical literature since 1994. 
"This book describes everything about DNA repeat instability and neurological disorders, covering molecular mechanisms of repeat expansion, pathogenic mechanisms, clinical phenotype, parental gender effects, genotype-phenotype correlation, and diagnostic applications of the molecular data. The intended audience includes neurologists, neuroscientists, biochemists, geneticists, biophysicists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, human geneticists, pathologists, cancer researchers, tumour biologists, researchers developing standards for disease analysis, and patient advocacy groups."   Our needs as patients, regardless of which form of the disease we have, will be better understood and met as the medical community becomes more aware of the tremendous strides being made by the research community in the study of myotonic dystrophy.   

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