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Descriptor English: Myotonia
Descriptor Spanish: Miotonía
Descriptor miotonía
Scope note: Insuficiencia prolongada de la relajación muscular después de una contracción. Puede producirse después de contracciones voluntarias, de la percusión muscular o de la estimulación eléctrica del músculo. La miotonía es característica de los TRASTORNOS MIOTÓNICOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Miotonia
Descriptor French: Myotonie
Entry term(s): Myotonia, Percussion
Myotonias
Myotonias, Percussion
Myotonic Phenomenon
Myotonic Phenomenons
Percussion Myotonia
Percussion Myotonias
Phenomenon, Myotonic
Phenomenons, Myotonic
Tree number(s): C10.597.613.700
C23.888.592.608.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009222
Scope note: Prolonged failure of muscle relaxation after contraction. This may occur after voluntary contractions, muscle percussion, or electrical stimulation of the muscle. Myotonia is a characteristic feature of MYOTONIC DISORDERS.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Combination: congenital:Myotonia Congenita
DeCS ID: 9413
Unique ID: D009222
NLM Classification: WE 550
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Myotonia - Preferred
Concept UI M0014371
Scope note Prolonged failure of muscle relaxation after contraction. This may occur after voluntary contractions, muscle percussion, or electrical stimulation of the muscle. Myotonia is a characteristic feature of MYOTONIC DISORDERS.
Preferred term Myotonia
Entry term(s) Myotonias
Percussion Myotonia - Narrower
Concept UI M0336473
Preferred term Percussion Myotonia
Entry term(s) Myotonia, Percussion
Myotonias, Percussion
Percussion Myotonias
Myotonic Phenomenon - Narrower
Concept UI M0336472
Preferred term Myotonic Phenomenon
Entry term(s) Myotonic Phenomenons
Phenomenon, Myotonic
Phenomenons, Myotonic



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