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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Dyskinesias > Myoclonus
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Dyskinesias > Myoclonus
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Movement Disorders > Dyskinesias > Myoclonus

Preferred term

Myoclonus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Jerking, Myoclonic
  • Jerk, Myoclonic
  • Jerks, Myoclonic
  • Myoclonic Jerk
  • Myoclonic Jerking
  • Myoclonic Jerks

Note

  • for "myoclonic seizure" consider MYOCLONUS or EPILEPSY, MYOCLONIC or SPASMS, INFANTILE; note other myoclonus terms are also available

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 1963; for MYOCLONIC JERKING use EPILEPSY, MYOCLONIC 1992-1999; for MYOCLONIC JERKING, MASSIVE use SPASMS, INFANTILE 1977-1999

In other languages

  • myoklonus

    Finnish

  • läkemedelsutlöst myoklonus
  • lääkeaineen laukaisema myoklonus
  • myoclonus
  • myoclonus medicamento provocatus
  • myoklonia
  • Myoklonus

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009207

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