cramp-fasciculation syndrome

cramp-fasciculation syndrome
a relatively mild form of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability characterized by fasciculations, cramps, and intermittent myokymia, without neuromyotonia; it is usually idiopathic but in some cases is autoimmune in origin.

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