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NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Exceedingly abrupt, shocklike contractions of muscles, irregular in rhythm and amplitude and usually asynchronous or asymmetrical in distribution, occurring at night.

OBS

pl.: nocturnal myoclonia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Contraction brève et involontaire d'un ou plusieurs muscles, sans déplacement lorsqu'il s'agit d'un petit muscle agissant sur un gros segment; avec déplacement lorsqu'il s'agit d'un gros muscle ou d'un petit agissant sur un petit segment.

Spanish

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