CLINICAL-CAUSES OF FASCICULATIONS

SUMMARY

1. Definition: irregular contraction of small areas of a muscle present at rest & abolished by voluntary movement.

2. Weakness, wasting & fasciculations: LMN lesion.

3. Causes: MND, nerve root compression, peripheral neuropathy (eg. DM), myopathy, thyrotoxicosis.

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