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Parkinsonian Gait 

Parkinson's gait is very characteristic: Standing, the patient tends to tilt the trunk forward,
Parkinsonian Gait ... transfer weight from one ... foot to the other ... making your steps short ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Bilateral Foot Drop secondary to Nonaka Myopathy

48 yr old lady, difficulty in climbing stairs x 8
Bilateral Foot Drop ... is positive for GNE ... GNE myopathy, also ... #video #physicalexam ... #gait #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... drop and sensory ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #leg #physicalexam
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... autoimmune response gone ... • Wide based gait ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
• Weakness: Starts ... : Due to nerve root ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
in the SLC12A3 gene ... • SLC12A3 gene ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology