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Myotonia Congenita (Thomsen's Disease) and Hereditary Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Johnson
John Johnson*
Affiliation:
Oldham and District General Hospital, Oldham, Lancs; University of Manchester
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In 1876 the Danish physician, Julius Thomas Thomsen, described the disease entity of myotonia congenita, from which he himself and some members of his family suffered. This muscular disorder is now accepted as a clinical and genetic entity, distinct from other forms of myotonia, viz. dystrophia myotonica and paramyotonia (De Jong, 1955).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 502 , September 1967 , pp. 1025 - 1030
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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