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Twitching now 16 months. clean clinical last week from neuro. currently bodywide twitching (calves non stop) now tummy. can this still be als or not?
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Can't say: You song narrow and they should be able to explain this to you. There is a condition called benign fasciculations and this may be what you are suffering
Answered 3/22/2020
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