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Marfan Syndrome - Signs and Symptoms

- Caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) Gene (chromosome 15)
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Marfan Syndrome - Signs ... Abnormal fibrillin function ... Marfans #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
Functional Dyspepsia ... - Signs, Symptoms ... Epigastric pain #Functional ... gastroenterology #symptoms #diagnosis ... #signs
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic ... Supportive of Diagnosis ... sensory symptoms or signs ... nervous system signs ... toxic neuropathy, functional
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
reading) - Impaired function ... speech/text - If function ... arm > leg) - If function ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
documenting neurological function ... Ulnar Nerve OK Sign ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
m/s • Other signs ... Diagnostic criteria ... Effect: improves functional ... Effect: improves functional ... showed improved functional
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluate RV size and function ... • Evaluate for signs ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
(shrunken, non-functional ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
Loss of metabolic function ... liver #failure #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Lhermitte’s sign ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... lesions) McDonald diagnostic ... Treatment: • Functionally ... Multiple #sclerosis #diagnosis