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Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cerebellar Disease (e.g ... multiple sclerosis) Resting ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
Causes of Bradykinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Parkinson's Disease (TRAP):
• Resting Tremor
• Cogwheel Rigidity
• Akinesia/Bradykinesia
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Parkinson's Disease ... (TRAP): • Resting ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Facial Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... (2% of facial nerve ... : Bell's Palsy ( ... #Causes #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clinical Pearls ... • CN VI palsy ... • Neurologic
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... • Motor Nerves ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Unilateral Facial Nerve ... - Atypical Clinical ... , Lyme, facial nerve ... HIV, Lyme, GBS, tumor ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Cardiac, pulmonary etc ... system: Brain tumor ... electromyographic (EMG ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Clinical Manifestations ... and limb muscles resulting ... autoantibodies - TPO, TTG, etc ... Strychnine poisoning, Parkinson's ... Management #treatment #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
receptor function, resulting ... life-threatening Differential ... Serologic and EMG ... - Repetitive nerve ... diagnosis #management #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... hearing loss, palsy ... of the abducens nerve ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology