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Motor Neuron Disease Flashcards

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What is MND?

A

Untreatable and rapidly progressing neurodegenerative condition

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What are features of MND?

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Muscle weakness

speach, swallowing, breathing

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What are ALS varients?

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Flail Arm Syndrome
Flail Leg Syndrome
Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Focal Distant Spinal Muscular Dystrophy
Kennedy's Disease (SMA Varient)
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What are the upper motor neuron signs?

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Spasticity
Babinski sign
Bulbar signs

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What are the Bulbar UMN signs?

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Exaggerated snout reflex
Clonic jaw jerk
Emotional liability
Forced jawning

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What is a gene involved in MND?

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TDP43

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What are LMN signs?

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Muscle wasting

Fascillations

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