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Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... crying; Diseases: Amyotrophic ... Lateral Sclerosis ... (ALS) (*main cause ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral ... examination finding of amyotrophy ... - Causes progressive ... #neurology #diagnosis ... #management
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign ... neck stiffness causes ... the patient's knees ... #Brudzinskis #Sign ... #physicalexam #neurology
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign ... neck stiffness causes ... the patient's knees ... #Brudzinskis #Sign ... #physicalexam #neurology
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Resistance or pain elicited by passive extension of the knees, thought to be
Kernig's Sign in ... extension of the knees ... thought to be caused ... #Kernigs #Sign # ... #physicalexam #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Dysfunction - Imbalance, neurologic ... symptoms/signs, ... • Multiple sclerosis ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Lhermitte’s sign ... Signs and symptoms ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Positive Throckmorton sign in a case of chronic osteomyelitis of the left hip. X-ray findings:
1) complete
Positive Throckmorton sign ... in a case of chronic ... 2) lytic and sclerotic ... as John Thomas sign ... ThrockmortonSign #Enchondroma
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
Causes of Dysarthria ... • Amyotrophic ... Lateral Sclerosis ... #Dysarthria #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Lupus Nephritis Primer
Class I - Minimal Mesangial
Class II - Mesangial Proliferative
Class Ill - Focal Proliferative
Class IV
VI - Advanced Sclerosing ... Classification #Classes ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology