Fasciculations: causes
Evidence-based neurology checklist on fasciculations: causes: Physiological causes Benign fasciculations Coffee Physical activity Anterior horn cell (AHC) disorders Neuropathic causes Cerebral causes Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) Systemic causes Drug-induced and toxic causes Tongue…
Physiological causes
- Benign fasciculations
- Coffee
- Physical activity
Anterior horn cell (AHC) disorders
Neuropathic causes
Cerebral causes
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP)
Systemic causes
Drug-induced and toxic causes
Tongue fasciculations: causes
References
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- Mills KR. Characteristics of fasciculations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the benign fasciculation syndrome. Brain 2010; 133:3458-3469.
- Tsuji Y, Noto YI, Kitaoji T, Kojima Y, Mizuno T. Difference in distribution of fasciculations between multifocal motor neuropathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2804-2808.
- Colomer J, Gooding R, Angelicheva D, et al. Clinical spectrum of CMT4C disease in patients homozygous for the p.Arg1109X mutation in SH3TC2. Neuromuscul Disord 2006; 16:449-453.
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