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Created page with "* Tetany is variable intermittent muscle contraction. ===Causes=== * Stricnine poisoning. * Hypocalcemia ** For example, due to: *** Parturition *** Hypothyroidism * Glycine di..."
* Tetany is variable intermittent muscle contraction.

===Causes===

* Stricnine poisoning.
* Hypocalcemia
** For example, due to:
*** Parturition
*** Hypothyroidism
* Glycine disorders, in:
** Humans
*** Knowns as startle disease or hyperexplexia.
*** Causes sudden contraction of primarily antigravity muscles
** Arabian horses


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