Open AccessTwo cases of so-called congenital myotonia (Thomsen's disease)
Author(s) -
Polisadov Pv
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj83223
Subject(s) - disease , medicine , myotonia , muscle disease , pediatrics , pathology , myotonic dystrophy
We owe the first and accurate description of this muscular suffering to the Schleswig physician Thomsen, who in 1876 observed this disease in himself and in many members of his family.