Isaacs syndrome

Isaacs syndrome
Isaacs-Mertens syndrome a rare autoimmune form of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability that affects the potassium channels of motor nerve axons, resulting in abnormal nerve firing and consequent spontaneous muscle activity, characterized by progressive muscle stiffness, delayed muscle relaxation after contraction, cramping, myokymia, and hyperhidrosis. It may accompany a variety of other autoimmune disorders; it sometimes occurs as a paraneoplastic condition or secondary to infection. Called also acquired neuromyotonia.

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