Neurology — Flashcards

The wrist will deviate _____ upon flexion in a proximal ulnar nerve lesion.

MERRF is a mitochondrial disorder that presents with _____ seizures and myopathy associated with exercise

_____ disease often presents with neuropsychiatric manifestations, due to copper deposition and resultant cystic degeneration in the putamen and other adjacent structures

_____ is neurocutaneous disorder associated with bilateral acoustic schwannomas (ear findings)

Autonomics _____ is an autoimmune disease due to production of antibodies against post-synaptic nicotinic ACh receptors at motor end plates

_____ is a spinal cord lesion most commonly seen with vitamin B12 deficiency

In addition to respiratory support, Guillain-Barre syndrome may be treated with _____ and IV immunoglobulins

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a group of nerve disorders caused by defective production of proteins involved in the structure and function of _____ or myelin sheath

Hemiballismus results from a lesion to the _____-lateral subthalamic nucleus (e.g. lacunar stroke)

Patients with Refsum disease can present with neurological symptoms; such as issues with _____, additionally patients nearly universally report a profound loss of smell (anosmia)