Involuntary shock-like contractions, irregular in rhythm and amplitude, followed by relaxation, of a muscle or a group of muscles. This condition may be a feature of some CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; (e.g., EPILEPSY, MYOCLONIC). Nocturnal myoclonus is the principal feature of the NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp102-3).
    

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Muscle disorders and myoclonus.

Paramyoclonus multiplex : a clinical lecture / by F.W. Langdon.

Myoclonus / editors, Stanley Fahn, C. David Marsden, Melvin H. Van Woert.

Paramyoclonus multiplex : report of a new case, with further history of a case reported in 1896, which has since recovered / by F.W. Langdon.

Eyelid myoclonia with absences / edited by John S. Duncan and C.P. Panayiotopoulos.

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Muscle disorders and myoclonus.

Paramyoclonus multiplex : a clinical lecture / by F.W. Langdon.

Myoclonus / editors, Stanley Fahn, C. David Marsden, Melvin H. Van Woert.

Paramyoclonus multiplex : report of a new case, with further history of a case reported in 1896, which has since recovered / by F.W. Langdon.

Eyelid myoclonia with absences / edited by John S. Duncan and C.P. Panayiotopoulos.