myoclonus

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Myoclonus is characterized by brief, involuntary jerks of the trunk and limbs. These contractions typically result from a functional disorder of the motor neurons that control muscles. Myoclonus can originate in the brainstem or cerebral hemispheres and may stem from various diffuse, metabolic, or local structural causes.12

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nervous system disease
Myoclonus
Brief, involuntary jerks of the trunk and of the limbs may occur in spinal myoclonus. Many diffuse, metabolic, or local structural causes of myoclonus are possible, and the disease commonly originates in the brainstem or in the cerebral hemispheres.
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Brief, involuntary jerks of the trunk and of the limbs may occur in spinal myoclonus. Many diffuse, metabolic, or local structural causes of myoclonus are possible, and the disease commonly originates in the brainstem or in the cerebral hemispheres.
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