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Fasciculations are clinical findings in which there are small muscle twitches.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

14 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Is Symptom of

Spinal muscular atrophy
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Is a Side Effect of

Neostigmine
Prostigmin

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