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myoclonus
[ mahy-ok-luh-nuhs ]
noun
, Pathology.
- an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
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According to Maurice Dide, myoclonus, which he calls motor petit mal, occurs in five per cent.
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It is more especially the association of epilepsy with the ill-defined group of myoclonus that we propose to discuss.
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If several muscles are implicated, the condition is one of multiple myospasm or myoclonus.
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Schupfer has recorded cases of family myoclonus with epileptiform attacks.
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The denominations "myoclonus," "muscular dystrophy," "degenerate," are alike inconvenient.
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