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Descriptor English:   Myokymia 
Descriptor Spanish:   Miocimia 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Mioquimia 
Tree Number:   C10.597.613.650
C23.888.592.608.650
Definition English:   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) 
Indexing Annotation English:   consider also FASCICULATION; for continuous myokymia use ISAACS SYNDROME
History Note English:   2000; use FASCICULATION 1985-1999 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   34327 
Unique Identifier:   D020385 

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