Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
 • Anemia
 • Chronic Infection
 • Malignancy
 • Depression
 • Deconditioning
 • Arthritis
 • Fibromyalgia
 • Endocrine Disease
Motor Neuron and Motor Neuropathy - Atrophy, Fasciculations, Hyperreflexia
 • Lead toxicity
 • Progressive muscular atrophy
 • Hodgkin's lymphoma
 • Polio
 • Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
 • Spinal Muscular Atrophy 
Neuromuscular Junction - Fatigability, Variability, Oculomotor
 • Myasthenia Gravis
 • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
 • Botulism
 • Congenital
Myopathy - Proximal muscle involvement, elevated CK
 • Polymyositis
 • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
 • Statin Toxicity
 • Dermatomyositis
 • Viral infection

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