Benign Fasciculation Syndrome-BFS (Part V)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, COMPETING INTERESTS, and FUNDING:

The authors would like to thank our fellow BFS suffers for taking part in this survey and study. Due to their participation a decent sample size was obtained for this study and subsequently brought forth pertinent statistical information about the BFS ailment.

The authors received no funding for this work and have no competing interests.

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