Neuromuscular Diseases

Front 1

sign that is often present immediately following stroke

Back 1

babinski

Front 2

unidirectional increase in muscular tone

Back 2

spasticity (UMN lesion)

Front 3

bidirectional increase in tone to passive range of motion

Back 3

rigidity (UMN lesion)

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bidirectional resistance to passive motion that increases w/ force and rate of movement

Back 4

paratonia (UMN lesion)

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deletion of chromosome 4

Back 5

facioscapulohumeral md

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CTG trinucleotide repeat in chromosome 19

Back 6

myotonic dystrophy

Front 7

trinucleotide repeat of myotonic dystrophy

Back 7

CTG

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muscular dystrophy with more distal involvement of muscles

Back 8

myotonic dystrophy

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fatiguing weakness followed by rest and recovery

Back 9

myasthenia gravis

Front 10

drug used to dx myasthenia gravis

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edrophonium

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drug used to tx myasthenia gravis

Back 11

pyridostigmine

Front 12

areas of sensory loss do not match up with territories of individual n.

Back 12

polyneuropathy

Front 13

stocking glove weakness is an example of what kind of neuropathy

Back 13

polyneuropathy

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UMN + LMN

Back 14

ALS

Front 15

motorneuron disease where DTRs are absent

Back 15

werdnig-hoffman (seen in infants)

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numbness is present in what group of neuromuscular disease

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polyneuropathy

Front 17

group of neuromuscular disease with high CK

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myopathy

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NM group with more proximal weakness than distal

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myopathy (except myotonic dystrophy)
myasthenia gravis

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NM group with more distal weakness than proximal

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polyneuropathy
motoneuron disease (except kugelberg-weilander)

Front 20

NM group with fatiguing weakness

Back 20

myasthenia gravis

Front 21

NM group with reduced or absent DTR

Back 21

polyneuropathy
(motoneuron - only werdnig)

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motoneuron disease with absent DTR

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werdnig-hoffman (infants)

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NM group with fasciculations

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motoneuron

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NM group with numbness

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polyneuropathy

Front 25

NM group with large increase in CK

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myopathy

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NM group with decreased nerve conduction velocity

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polyneuropathy

Front 27

bilaterally symmetric sensory/motor loss

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polyneuropathy

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causes of polyneuropathies

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DM
alcohol

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motoneuron disease

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progressive bulbar palsy (brainstem)
ALS (UMN + LMN)
spinal muscular atrophy (LMN)
-werdnig (infants)
-kugelberg

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two types of myopathies

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genetic: muscular dystrophy
acquired: polymyositis, dermatomyositis

Front 31

protein deficient in duchenne

Back 31

dystrophin

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muscular dystrophy that affects the face, and shoulder area

Back 32

facioscapulohumeral md

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tumor that is assx with myasthenia gravis

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thymoma