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==[[Tetany]]==

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* Tetany is variable intermittent muscle contraction.

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~~===Causes===~~

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* Stricnine poisoning.

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* Hypocalcemia

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** For example, due to:

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*** Parturition

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*** Hypothyroidism

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* Glycine disorders, in:

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** Humans

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*** Knowns as startle disease or hyperexplexia.

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*** Causes sudden contraction of primarily antigravity muscles

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** Arabian horses

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==[[Myoclonus]]==

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