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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
The term "Muscular dystrophy" refers to a group of inherited progressive muscle disorders.
Duchenne Muscular ... Dystrophy (DMD) ... with no central / peripheral ... Guillaume Duchenne ... #Duchenne #MuscularDystrophy
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Polymyositis • Duchenne ... Muscular Dystrophy ... infection #Peripheral
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
production -> Corneal ... conjunctiva and cornea ... dryness of the cornea ... • Yellowish peripheral ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
of the limbal cornea ... Scarring of the peripheral ... cornea -> Extensive ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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- Cerebral cortex ... Spinal cord - Peripheral ... - Cerebral cortex ... Spinal cord - Peripheral ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema ... - Differential ... reflex sympathetic dystrophy ... #Edema #differential ... #PhysicalExam #Pathophysiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Duchenne-Becker ... dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
Anatomic Location - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cornea ... vision, loss of peripheral ... Chronic #VisionLoss #Differential
Major Physiological Effects of Angiotensin II

Altered Peripheral Resistance
I. Direct vasoconstriction
II. Enhancement of peripheral noradrenergic
neurotransmission:
  A.
II Altered Peripheral ... Enhancement of peripheral ... aldosterone from adrenal cortex ... AngiotensinII #Pathophysiology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... nerve palsy • Horner ... myopathy • Myotonic dystrophy ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential