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I was diagnosed with bfs normal emg only minor fasciculations and symptoms are twich spread random and legs pain can it be als?
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Unlikely : The diagnosis of bfs is a diagnosis of exclusion. If you have been diagnosed with bfs then ALS should have been ruled out . The two are unrelated and one does not develop into the other. It does not mean you can't develop ALS like at equal probability as the general population. Is there is a significant change in symptoms reevaluation would be indicated.
Answered 1/12/2015
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