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Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Homonymous field defect ... Limb apraxia Occipital ... #Localization #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Opportunistic Infections ... Changes - Neuro Deficits ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #Diagnosis #HIV ... #Signs #Manifestations
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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of nonspecific symptoms ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... acquisition in which no diagnostic ... disease progression ... #diagnosis
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
or peripheral neurologic ... disease • Myasthenia ... Sarcoidosis • Infections ... - HIV ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... SLE) - Viral infections ... APLS • Acute Infectious ... • HCV, HBV Not ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
lymphoproliferative disorder ... - Due to Viral infection ... , autoimmune disorder ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... Monoclonal IgM Includes Disorders
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Diagnosis Framework ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... Suspect in movement disorders ... Demyelinating disease ... : AMS, motor deficits
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
immobilization) • Infections ... (Influenza, HIV ... Inflammatory Muscle Disease ... • Metabolic Disorders ... hypothyroidism) • Genetic Defects
Exogenous Testosterone Side Effects
 • Mood disorder, Depression, Aggression
 • ↑ Erythropoiesis
 • Hypogonadism +/-BPH, prostate
Testosterone Side Effects ... • Mood disorder ... prostate cancer • Infection ... SideEffects #adverse #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms