Neurology — Flashcards

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

_____ tremors are tremors which disappear on movement and are due to involvement of the substantia nigra and red nucleus

Cluster headaches generally last from _____ to 3 hours

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

Wernicke encephalopathy is characterized by a triad of _____, ophthalmoplegia, and ataxia

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

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

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

Cavernous sinus syndrome may present with decreased _____ and/or maxillary sensation

Systemic amyloidosis can result in a peripheral _____ and carpal tunnel syndrome