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Identification of myokymia in adult-onset hereditary spastic paraplegia type 79A: Implications for the phenotypic spectrum [PDF]

eNeurologicalSci
Spastic paraplegia type 79 (SPG79) is a rare form of hereditary spastic paraplegia caused by variants in ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1).
Natsumi Toyoda, Hiroyasu Komiya, Yosuke Miyaji, Shuhei Nishihama, Mutsuki Takeda, Tetsuya Asano, Shunta Hashiguchi, Keita Takahashi, Yuichi Higashiyama, Atsushi Fujita, Naomichi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Doi, Fumiaki Tanaka   +12 more
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Differential Response to Corticosteroids in Immune-Mediated Myokymia vs Grouped Fasciculation Discharges [PDF]

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Myokymia and grouped fasciculation discharges (GFD) are electromyographic manifestations of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndromes. This case series explores the differential response to corticosteroids in patients with myokymia compared to those ...
Rithvik Ramesh, Sundar Shanmugam, Philo Hazeena, Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan, Deepa Avadhani   +4 more
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Ultrasound Detected Myokymia Is Associated with Increased Duration of Hospitalization and Healthcare Cost After Rattlesnake Bite in Arizona [PDF]

Toxins
Neurotoxic envenomation by rattlesnakes has been of great concern throughout the Americas and in Arizona. In addition to clinical weakness, patients sometimes display myokymia, a disordered fasciculation of skeletal muscle, which is mediated by Mojave ...
Farshad Mazda Shirazi, Srikar R. Adhikari, Vance G. Nielsen, Geoffrey Thomas Smelski   +3 more
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Anti-IgLON5 disease presenting with myokymia and favourable response to FcRN-antagonist combined with oral glucocorticoids: case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
Anti-IgLON5 disease is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder characterized by anti- neuronal surface autoantibodies targeting the Immunoglobulin-Like Cell Adhesion Molecule 5 (IgLON5) protein.
Tianling Shang, Bo Ma, Shumei Wen, Zuohong Tang, Xiaoliang Mao, Keping Jiao   +5 more
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Treatment of segmental continuous hypertrophic myokymia of the limb with botulinum A toxin

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Myokymia is defined as fluctuating hyperexcitability of muscle fibers caused by repetitive spontaneous contraction of motor units. Myokymia is generally benign with self-resolution, although symptomatic treatment with benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants ...
Peter Hedera
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Idiopathic Limb Myokymia in Children: First Reported Cases Involving the Extensor Digitorum Brevis and Flexor Hallucis Brevis Muscles [PDF]

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Idiopathic limb myokymia is an uncommon presentation of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability, characterized by spontaneous, continuous, grouped motor unit discharges in the absence of an identifiable structural, metabolic, or autoimmune cause.
Sedat Işikay
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Facial Myokymia With or Without Concurrent Neurological Deficits in Seven Dogs and Two Cats [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Background Myokymia is a form of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability that can be focal or generalized. Information regarding focal myokymia in veterinary medicine is currently limited, resulting in a need for a better understanding of this clinical sign ...
Tomás Elvira, Claudia Mallol, Abbe Crawford, Edward Ives, Anne R. Fraser, Lorenzo Mari, Anna Tauro, Patricia Alvarez, Victoria Indzhova, Giulia Corsini, Bruno Lopes, Josep Brocal   +11 more
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Metformin-induced eyelid myokymia. [PDF]

Indian J Pharmacol
Abstract Metformin, an insulin-sensitizer, is used in the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in obese women as it helps in weight loss and regularizes the menstrual cycle. However, impaired absorption of Vitamin B12 due to metformin has also been hypothesized.
Ahsan M, Nizami DJ.
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Presumed acquired neuromyotonia of unknown cause in a cat with hyperthyroidism [PDF]

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports
Case summary A 16-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat with methimazole-treated hyperthyroidism presented with a chronic progressive history of a stiff gait progressing to recumbency.
Koen M Santifort, An Vanhaesebrouck, James Bashford, Iris Van Soens   +3 more
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Botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of limb myokymia: Experiences of three children

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022
Myokymia is a rare neuromuscular disorder and limb involvement is not common in this disease. To the best of our knowledge, isolated peroneus longus muscle myokymia was not reported before in the literature; and for that reason treatment protocols were ...
Sedat Isikay
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