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Neuromuscular Pathology

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show (1)Pure motor involvement (weakness) (2)Proximal weakness (3)Absence of autonomic dysfunction (4)Muscle atrophy (5)Pseudohypertrophy (6)Myotonia (7)Contractures  
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Features of neuropathy   show
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Gene mutated in Duchenne's and Becker muscular dystrophy   show
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What is the inheritance pattern of Duchenne's and Becker muscular dystrophy?   show
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show Duchenne's muscular dystrophy  
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Myopathy associated with mutation of sarcoglycans   show
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show Congential muscular dystrophy  
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Components of dystrophin complex   show
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show Myotonic dystrophy  
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show Autosomal dominant  
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Genetic abnormality causing myotonic dystrophy   show
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An inflammatory myopathy with skin manifestations   show
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show Immune complexes deposit in capillaries of muscle and skin.These damaged capillaries cause ischemic damage, especially at periphery.  
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A chronic inflammatory myopathy characterized by proximal muscle weakness and a higher incidence in females. This condition is responsive to steroid treatment.   show
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show Inclusion body myositis  
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show Phosphorylase  
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show Recessive inheritance  
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show (1)Onset age <15 (2)male predominance (3)exercise intolerance (especially brief and intense (4)muscle cramping (5)muscle swelling  
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Enzyme deficient in Pompe's disease   show
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show Recessive inheritance  
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What are the 3 types of Pompe's disease   show
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What variant of Pompe's disease with involvement of liver and heart, causing cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure. Death usually occur by 1 year of age.   show
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show Childhood onset Pompe's disease  
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show Lipid storage myopathies  
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Myopathy present in young adulthood with opthalmoplegia plus pigmentary degeneration of the retina   show
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(T or F)Mutations in only mitochondrial genes cause mitochondrial myopathy.   show
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Inheritance pattern of mitochondrial myopathies   show
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show Myasthenia gravis  
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An autoimmune disease with anti-presynaptic calcium channel antibodies. The autoantibodies are usually a paraneoplastic syndrome.   show
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Symptoms of peripheral neuropathies   show
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show (1)muscle atrophy (2)lower motor neuron signs (3)loss of tendon reflexes  
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show Peripheral nerve reaction to injury characterized by acute degeneration of an axon and its myelin sheath distal to the site of injury.  
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show Evidence of peripheral nerve axonal damage characterized by several adjacent sprouting axons myelinated by a single Schwann cell, different than normal 1:1 relationship of Schwann cell to axon.  
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show True.  
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show Response of Schwann cells to any chronic demyelinating process, with repeated rounds of demyelination/remyelination.  
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Treatment for Guillain-Barre Syndrome   show
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An acute onset neuropathy that may precede with Campylobacter jejuni infection and may result in respiratory failure.   show
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Histologic features of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy   show
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What is the morphologic features of diabetic neuropathy   show
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show Diatal, sensory polyneuropathy in a glove and stocking pattern  
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What type of neuromuscular is characterized by decreased nerve conduction velocities and large compound muscle action potentials on nerve conduction studies?   show
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show Inflammatory myopathy  
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show Churg-Strauss Vasculitis  
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show Forms gap junctions between cells of PNS myelin  
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show Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy  
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show X-linked dominant inheritance  
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What neuropathy is caused by gene duplication of PMP-22?   show
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show Hereditary Neuropathy with Pressure Palsies  
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Hereditary neuropathy characterized by nerve paresis following compression or mild trauma.   show
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What is the inheritance pattern of Hereditary Neuropathy with Pressure Palsies?   show
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