Thomsen's disease

Thomsen's disease
Thom·sen's disease 'tȯm-sənz- n MYOTONIA CONGENITA
Thomsen Asmus Julius Thomas (1815-1896)
Danish physician. In 1876 Thomsen gave the first full description of a congenital disease marked by tonic spasm of some of the muscles. He himself suffered from this condition, which is now known as myotonia congenita or Thomsen's disease.

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