Neuromuscular Neuropathies Flashcards
Inherited Neuropathies vs. Acquired Neuropathies
painless (inherited) vs painful
Charcot Marie Tooth 1A gene
PMP22 duplication (vs hnpp is a deletion)
CMT 1 : Demyleinating or axonal ?
demyleinating
CMT 2 demyelinating or axonal
axonal
two causes of autonomic perdominant neuropathy
leprosy and amyloidosis
Type of neuropathy with lead intoxication ?
motor predominant (wrist drop)
Toxic neuropathy that causes Mees lines on fingernails (whit estriae) and is sensorimotor
Arsenic
Earlies NCS finding in AIDP
prolonged F waves
Triad of symptoms for Miller Fisher
ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and areflexia
antibody for miller fisher
Gq1b
Antibody associated with multifocal motor neuropathy
anti-GM1
type of neuropathy with CIDP type of onset with ONLY prolonged distal latencies
anti-MAG
non-length dependent small fiber neuropathy assocaited with perioral numbness
sjogren’s