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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
syndromes such as ... resonance imaging [MRI ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... #management #neurology
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis ... of Multiple Sclerosis ... McDonald #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #Multiple #Sclerosis ... #MS #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of the clinical ... brainstem and multiple ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... suggestive of multiple ... Demyelination: - Multiple ... #management #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
, strokes, and multiple ... There was also high ... MRI was ordered ... hospital, diagnosed ... ophthalmology #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... clinician must ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
hypertension, multiple ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... defibrillator as ... support for patients clinically
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... : • Based on clinical ... • All patients ... - Improves clinical ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... NCV can classify the ... axonal form • MRI ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... neurologic syndrome ... edema visualized as ... Vascular narrowing on MRA ... #management #neurology