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n. - Abnormally long muscular contractions.

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  • The reason that fainting goats faint is that they have a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita.
  • Myotonic dystrophy types 1 and 2 (DM1 and DM2) are forms of muscular dystrophy that share similar clinical and molecular manifestations, such as myotonia, muscle...
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America Myotonic dystrophy types 1 and 2 (DM1 and DM2) are forms of muscular dystrophy that...
  • The names refer specifically to myotonia congenita, a condition in which the muscle cells experience prolonged contraction when the goat is startled.
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