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Definition of Myotonia congenita
1. Noun. A mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myotonia Congenita
Literary usage of Myotonia congenita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... and may not be unitary. Oppenheim regards it as related to migraine, and thinks
that it is due to vasomotor disturbances. 16. myotonia congenita ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"... Die Thomsen'sche Krankheit (myotonia congenita) Studien. By Prof. Erb, of
Heidelberg. FCW Vogel, Leipzig, 1886. In this monograph of 128 pages Prof. ..."
3. A Treatise on the diseases of the nervous system by William Alexander Hammond (1891)
"Thomson's disease, or myotonia congenita, depends upon the inability of the
affected individual to relax or to contract his muscles with facility after a ..."
4. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Thomsen's Disease.1—myotonia congenita.—This is a very rare disorder first
described by J. Thomsen in 1876. Its relationships to other nervous diseases is ..."
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