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Myoclonus
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Very brief, involuntary random muscular contractions occurring at rest, in response to sensory stimuli, or accompanying voluntary movements. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20589866 ]
Term info
Label
Myoclonus
Synonyms
- Myoclonic jerks
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Myoclonus may be synchronous (several muscle contracting simultaneously), spreading (several muscles contracting in sequence), or asynchronous (several muscles contracting with varying and unpredictable relative timing). Myoclonus is characterized by sudden unidirectional movement due to muscle contraction (positive myoclonus) or due to sudden brief muscle relaxation (negative myoclonus).
has alternative id
HP:0007087, HP:0002535
has broad synonym
Jerking
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
has related synonym
Involuntary jerking movements
id
HP:0001336