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Preferred term

Myokymia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Successive and rapid contractions of motor units associated with chronic nerve injury. The discharges arise from the peripheral aspects of regenerating nerves, and clinically impart a nearly continuous undulation of the body surface overlying the muscle. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1491)

Entry terms

  • Fibrillary Chorea
  • Kymatism
  • Morvan Chorea
  • Morvan's Chorea
  • Morvan's Fibrillary Chorea

In other languages

  • French

  • Chorée de Morvan
  • Chorée fibrillaire
  • Chorée fibrillaire de Morvan

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VP2BHH2S-5

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