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Why is it that my dad got myotonic dystrophy?
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Inherited: Myotonic dystrophy is an inherited disorder with variable expressions. A person with minimal symptoms and appears not to have the dystrophy may give birth to a child who shows more features of the disorder. There are rare cases of a mutation causing the disorder.
Answered 8/3/2013
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