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Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2021 Myoclonus is a hyperkinetic movement disorder characterized by a sudden, brief, involuntary jerk. Positive myoclonus is caused by abrupt muscle contractions, while negative myoclonus by sudden cessation of ongoing muscular contractions.
Mitesh Chandarana +4 more
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Myoclonus in geriatric dogs and its association with canine cognitive dysfunction: an online survey [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBackgroundAn increasing number of dogs are presented with suspected canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD), and a subset also exhibits myoclonus.ObjectivesBecause CCD shares multiple pathological and pathophysiological features with Alzheimer's disease in ...
Samira Moana Brühl +4 more
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Neurologijos seminarai, 2020 Myoclonus is a sudden, short, involuntary single or recurrent twitching of a muscle. Myoclonus is classified according to the etiology and physiological mechanism of development.
R. Rimšienė +2 more
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Current Opinion in Neurology, 2003 Myoclonus, one of the most common involuntary movement disorders, poses particular challenges for the treating physician. The evaluation of a patient with myoclonus depends completely on the clinical history and examination, supported when necessary by electrophysiology, neuroimaging and selected genetic and laboratory testing.
Pinky, Agarwal, Steven J, Frucht
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Myoclonus associated with infections: A narrative review
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2022 Different movement disorders are reported in association with infectious diseases. In addition, myoclonus can be associated with different types of viral and bacterial infections. We screened three electronic databases for cases of myoclonus as a feature
Apara Kothiala +2 more
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A clinical approach to the patients with combination of dystonia and myoclonus
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2022 Myoclonus–dystonia syndrome is one of the well-defined “combined dystonia” syndromes, now observed in many conditions, including genetic and acquired.
Anjali Chouksey, Sanjay Pandey
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Spinal Myoclonus Responding to Continuous Intrathecal Morphine Pump [PDF]
Journal of Movement Disorders, 2017 Spinal myoclonus is a sudden, brief, and involuntary movement of segmental or propriospinal muscle groups. Spinal myoclonus has occasionally been reported in patients undergoing opioid therapy, but the pathophysiology of opioid-induced myoclonus has not ...
Jung-Eun Ahn +5 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2021 Background Electrophysiological techniques have been used for discriminating myoclonus from other hyperkinetic movement disorders and for classifying the myoclonus subtype.
Mohammad Abu-Hegazy +3 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2017 Pediatric-onset opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a devastating neuroinflammatory, often paraneoplastic, disorder. The objective was to characterize demographic, clinical, and immunologic aspects in the largest cohort reported to date.
Michael R. Pranzatelli +4 more
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Post-hypoxic Myoclonus: Current Concepts, Neurophysiology, and Treatment
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2016 Background: Myoclonus may occur after hypoxia. In 1963, Lance and Adams described persistent myoclonus with other features after hypoxia. However, myoclonus occurring immediately after hypoxia may demonstrate different syndromic features from classic ...
Harsh V. Gupta, John N. Caviness
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