* Tetanic spasms of the neck, trunk, masseter and limb muscles
* Tetanic spasms of the neck, trunk, masseter and limb muscles
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Cases may vary from mild signs of a short, stilted gait, to complete recumbency with spastic paralysis. Recumbency may be followed by paralysis of the respiratory muscles, leading to death due to hypoxia or aspiration pneumonia.