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<br/>2. Signs: percussion myotonia (tapping over a myotonic muscle causes a dimple of contraction which slowly disappears).  
<br/>2. Signs: percussion myotonia (tapping over a myotonic muscle causes a dimple of contraction which slowly disappears).  
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<br/>3. Cause - dystrophia myotonica.
<br/>3. Cause: dystrophia myotonica.





Latest revision as of 02:29, 21 March 2023

SUMMARY

1. Definition: inability to relax the muscles after voluntary contraction.

2. Signs: percussion myotonia (tapping over a myotonic muscle causes a dimple of contraction which slowly disappears).

3. Cause: dystrophia myotonica.


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