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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 26.
Published in final edited form as: Handb Clin Neurol. 2018;147:105–123. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63233-3.00009-9

Table 5.

CTG repeat length/phenotype correlation in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Phenotype Clinical Features Repeat Size Age of Onset
Mutable normal None 35–49 NA
Mild Cataracts
Mild myotonia
50-~150 20–70 years
Classic Weakness
Myotonia
Cataracts
Balding
Cardiac arrhythmia
~100-~1000 10–30 years
Congenital Infantile hypotonia
Respiratory deficits
Intellectual disability
Classic signs develop later
~700- >1000 Birth to 10 years