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'''Myoclonus''', also known as '''myoclonic jerks or seizures''', are quick, lightening-like contractions of one or more muscles.<ref name="msd">{{Cite news | url=https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-gb/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-nerve-disorders/movement-disorders/myoclonus | title = Myoclonus - Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders - MSD Manual Consumer Version|work=MSD Manual Consumer Version|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> These sudden, involuntary jerks are particularly common when falling asleep.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myoclonus#medicalDictionary | title = Definition of MYOCLONUS|website=Merrian-Webster Dictionary|language=en|access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref><br />
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==Prevalence==<br />
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A study of people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Spain found 40% of the group had myoclonus.<ref name="Castro2017">{{Cite journal | last = Castro-Marrero | first = Jesús | last2 = Faro | first2 = Mónica | last3 = Aliste | first3 = Luisa | last4 = Sáez-Francàs | first4 = Naia | last5 = Calvo | first5 = Natalia | last6 = Martínez-Martínez | first6 = Alba | last7 = de Sevilla | first7 = Tomás Fernández | last8 = Alegre | first8 = Jose | date = Sep 2017 | title = Comorbidity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study|url=http://www.euromene.eu/workinggroups/pubblications/Comorbid%20illness%20in%20Spanish%20CFS%20patients-2.pdf|journal=Psychosomatics|volume=58|issue=5 | pages = 533–543|doi=10.1016/j.psym.2017.04.010|issn=1545-7206|pmid=28596045|via=}}</ref><br />
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==Symptom recognition==<br />
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==Notable studies==<br />
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==Possible causes==<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Muscle fasciculations|Muscle fascicuations]]<br />
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==Learn more==<br />
* [https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-gb/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-nerve-disorders/movement-disorders/myoclonus Merck Manual]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Signs and symptoms]]<br />
[[Category:Muscular signs and symptoms]]<br />
[[Category:Neurological signs and symptoms]]<br />
[[Category:Diagnoses]]</div>
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