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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Anticonvulsants as ... Stabilizers: Mechanism and ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
that information and ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Pucci @gabifpucci and ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
to suggestion and ... describe the string as ... WKS #clinical #neurology ... #physicalexam # ... psychiatry
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
benign • Regular and ... Young females Differential ... asymmetry in dark and ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Thrombocytopenia and ... Platelet Disorders - Differential ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... /psychiatric changes ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential
Unintentional Weight Loss in Primary Care
 • Definition: More than 5% reduction in body weight within
increased morbidity and ... 6% to 28%) - Psychiatric ... (4% to 8%) - Neurologic ... PrimaryCare #diagnosis #differential
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... VA was 20/40 OD and ... An APD was noted ... Half #Syndrome #PhysicalExam ... ophthalmology #neurology
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 1 – In an initiating phase, there is lung alveolar
integrins, such as ... αvβ6, and a phase ... bind the Arg-Gly-Asp ... conditions, fibroblasts differentiate ... #IPF #Pathophysiology
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... Singh @rav7ks and ... Peripheral #Edema #differential ... Lower #Extremity #PhysicalExam ... #Pathophysiology