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Muscle Cramp
Cramp | Limb Cramp | Muscular Cramp | Cramp, Limb | Cramp, Muscle | Cramp, Muscular | Cramps | Cramps, Limb | Cramps, Muscle | Cramps, Muscular | Limb Cramps | Muscle Cramps | Muscular Cramps
A sustained and usually painful contraction of muscle fibers. This may occur as an isolated phenomenon or as a manifestation of an underlying disease process (e.g., UREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; etc.). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1398) |
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