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Myopathies
Myopathies are diseases of skeletal muscle which are not caused by nerve disorders. These diseases cause the skeletal or voluntary muscles to become weak ...
From Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine,
4/6/01
by Carol A. Turkington
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Muscle spasms and cramps
Muscle spasms and cramps are spontaneous, often painful muscle contractions.
From Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine,
4/6/01
by Richard Robinson
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Myotonias and Army Personnel: Symptoms and Effects on Service Fitness
Myotonias are rare disorders characterized by difficulties in skeletal muscle relaxation. Either dominant or recessive modes of inheritance are possible.
From Military Medicine,
9/1/05
by Mäkelä, Jyrki P
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Acute-onset quadriplegia, respiratory failure, and ventricular tachycardia in a 21-year-old man following a soccer match - pulmonary and critical care
A 21-year old man was brought to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of acute, progressive generalized weakness and deteriorating mental status.
From CHEST,
6/1/02
by Gokhan M. Mutlu
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Outer and central charged residues in DIVS4 of skeletal muscle sodium channels have differing roles in deactivation
ABSTRACT We tested the effects of charge-neutralizing mutations of the eight arginine residues in DIVS4 of the rat skeletal muscle sodium channel (rNav1.4) ...
From Biophysical Journal,
3/1/02
by Groome, James
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Muscle spasms & cramps
Muscle spasms and cramps are spontaneous, often painful muscle contractions.
From Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine,
4/6/01
by Elliot Greene
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365 children? No, but a strange birth did happen
Question: If Countess Margaret of the village of Henneberg, the Netherlands, didn't really give birth to 365 children on Good Friday of 1276, what might she have given birth to? Answer: Wooden
From Deseret News (Salt Lake City),
1/6/05
by Bill Sones
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