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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) ... Guillaume Duchenne ... #Duchenne #MuscularDystrophy ... #DMD #Diagnosis
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
this patient with Duchenne ... muscular dystrophy ... pediatrics #muscular #dystrophy ... #DMD #Duchenne
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... Polymyositis • Duchenne ... Muscular Dystrophy ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Indicative of proximal muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology #clinical
weakness in muscular dystrophy ... pediatrics #muscular #dystrophy ... #DMD #Duchenne
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Duchenne-Becker ... dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
myopathy, Muscular dystrophy ... , Myotonic dystrophy ... #differential #diagnosis
Comparison of Common Muscular Dystrophies and Anesthesia Implications:
Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Guillain Barre 

 - Mark
Implications: Muscular Dystrophy ... , Myotonic Dystrophy ... #Dystrophies #Dystrophy ... GuillainBarre #Diagnosis
Algorithm for diagnosing the cause of red eye.

#Diagnosis #Ophthalmology #Red #Eye #Algorithm #Differential
Algorithm for diagnosing ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Algorithm for diagnosing a patient with a swollen red eyelid #aafp #ophthalmology #algorithm #diagnosis #swollen #red
Algorithm for diagnosing ... eyelid #aafp #ophthalmology ... #algorithm #diagnosis
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
- Differential Diagnosis ... three clinical diagnoses ... myopathy • Myotonic dystrophy ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy ... #ophthalmology