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Pediatric PMR Flashcards

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At what age do you expect supression of the symmetric and asymmetric tonic neck reflex?

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6-7 months

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At what age do you expect supression of the Moro reflex?

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4-6 months

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What chromosomal syndrome presents with webbed neck and coarctation of the aorta?

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Turner’s (45 X)

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What is the most common congenital limb deficiency?

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Left terminal transradial

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What procedure can be preformed on a patient with left terminal transradial deficiency to allow pincer grasp and preservation of sensation?

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Krukenberg

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What is the most common congenital lower limb deficiency?

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fibular hemimelia (fibula is absent)

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What is the Van Ness Rotation?

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surgery in a child with a short femur which rotates the foot to allow the ankle to act as a new knee

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What is another name for a severe equinovarus deformity?

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club foot

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What is the treatment for tibia vara?

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osteotomy

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What is the Gallazzi test?

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Test for congenital hip dislocation where both knees are flexed up. The knee is lower on the dislocated side.

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What is the Barlow test?

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Test for congenital hip dislocation where both knees are placed in flexion and adduction then a posterior-directed force is applied to dislocate the hip.

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What is the Ortolani test?

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relocation of a displaced hip by abducting and applying anterior/medial force

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What is the treatment for congenital hip dislocation?

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Pavlik harness for 4 months

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14
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What are two different ways to reduce a nursemaid’s elbow?

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  1. hyperpronate the forearm
  2. flex the elbow, supinate, and apply pressure to radial head
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What is Little Leaguer elbow?

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medial condyle traction apophysitis due to overuse

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What is Osgood-Schlatter disease?

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traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle due to excessive jumping

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What presents with sudden-onset hip pain with elevated ESR?

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transient synovitis

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18
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How is the leg positioned in SCFE?

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external rotation

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How do you grade SCFE?

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  1. 0 - 33%
  2. 34-50%
  3. greater than 50%
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Treatment for SCFE?

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Surgical pinning

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21
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What Cobb angles can be braced in idiopathic scoloisis?

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20 - 40 degrees

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What is Scheuermann disease?

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idiopathic juvenile kyphosis

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In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, what it the inheritance pattern and gene affected?

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X-linked recessive, Xp21

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What are the first muscles to be affected in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?

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neck flexors

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By about what age do patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy lose the ability to ambulate?

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10 years old

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Exposure to what will make myotonia congenita worse?

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cold weather

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What are the three subtypes of juvenile rhematoid arthritis?

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polyarticular, oligoarticular, systemic

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What type of JRA has the worst prognosis if RF positive?

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polyarticular

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In oligoarticular JRA, what referral is mandatory?

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ophthalmology due to iridocyclitis and uveitis

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What marker is positive in enthesitis-related JRA?

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HLA-B27+

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What is the triad seen in systemic JRA (Still’s Disease)?

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fever, rash, hepatosplenomegaly

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32
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How is CP defined?

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Non-progressive neurologic disese due to a periuterine insult to the brain resulting in motor deficit.

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What finding indicates that a CP patient will be able to walk?

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They can sit independently by age 2

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34
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What is the most common form of spina bifida?

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myelomeningocele

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At what age does the greatest change in bone mass occur?

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Early teens (sooner in girls)

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36
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What is the earliest marker of abnormal neurologic maturation?

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persistent primitive reflexes

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What is associated with a congenital femur longitudinal deficiency?

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fibular deficiency

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38
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What is the most common prosthetic foot prescribed for the child amputee?

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SACH

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39
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What is the most common complication after amputation in the immature child?

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terminal overgrowth of transected bone (humerus most common)

40
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Traditionally, at what age can an child be given a motorized WC?

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5 years old

41
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Initial treatment for club foot?

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serial casting

42
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What is Blount’s disease?

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proximal medial tibia growth plate dysfunction causing tibia vara

43
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What is the most common cause of congenital torticollis?

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fibrosis of the SCM

44
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When do you consider surgical intervention for congenital torticollis?

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no improvement by 18 months

45
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Most common cause of hip pain in children?

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transient synovitis of the hip

46
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What is the cause of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?

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rapid growth in relation to blood supply

47
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What system should be assessed in a child with a congential vertebral anomaly?

48
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How is Scheuermann’s disease defined?

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three or more consecutive vertebrae with > 5 degrees anterior wedging

49
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What is an isthmic spondylolisthesis?

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slippage due to fracture of the pars (L5 most common)

50
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What is dysplastic spondylolisthesis?

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slippage due to congenital malformation of the facet joints at LS junction

51
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What are 3 indications for surgical fusion of spondylolisthesis?

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  1. slippage greater than 50%
  2. instability
  3. progressive neurological deficits
52
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What is the main factor determing outcome in children with Lupus?

53
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What are two clinic features associated with juvenile dermatomyositis?

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vasculitis and calcinosis

54
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most common cause of septic arthritis in a newborn?

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staph aureus

55
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most common cause of septic arthritis in a child 2 months to 2 years old?

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H. influenzae

56
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most common cause of septic arthritis an a child older than 2?

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staph auerus

57
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What is the hallmark complication of hemophilia?

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hemarthrosis

58
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besides giving factor replacement, what three measures can be taken to treat hemarthrosis?

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cold, pressure, and immobilize for 48hrs

59
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Rule of 9s in Children

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For a child less than one, the head is 18 and legs are 4.5. For each subsequent year, 1% is returned to the legs until the age of 9.

60
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most common area for burn-related contracture in children

61
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most common malignant CNS tumor in children?

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Medulloblastoma (Embryonal)

62
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most common type of malignant bone tumor in children?

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osteosarcoma

63
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What is the leading cause of death in children older than one?

64
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Is the presence of a skulll fracture a good indication of severity of TBI in children?

65
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What is the mechanism of injury in a lower trunk brachial plexopathy (Klumpke’s)?

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violent upward pull of the shoulder

66
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What is the cause of diabetes insipidus?

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deficiency of ADH

67
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In general, what cause of TBI (traumatic or anoxic) has a better prognosis in children?

69
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What are three major prenatal risk factor categories for CP?

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vascular, toxins, infection

70
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What is prematurity the most common antecedent of CP?

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prematurity is associated with fragile brain vasculature

71
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What type of CP is associated with a high incidence of deafness?

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dyskinetic

72
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slow writhing involuntary movements

73
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slow rhythmic movement with tone changes

74
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abrupt jerky movements

75
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what metabolic abnormality is associated with sensorineural hearing loss in CP?

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hyperbilirubinemia

76
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What GMFCS level walks with assistive devices?

77
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What is the range for the GMFCS scale?

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1 (no restrictions) to 5 (severly limited mobility)

78
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Persistence of primitive reflexes up to what age is a poor prognostic sign?

79
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What is the incidence of mental retardation in CP? seizures in CP?

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50% for each

80
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Which CP related movement disorder is most associated with sensory neural impairment?

81
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What is a good indication of intellectual potential in a patient with CP?

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Speaking in 3 word sentances by age 3.

82
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Where is the highest incidence of spina bifida?

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British Isles

83
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What is a myelocele?

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cystic cavity in front of the anterior wall of the spinal cord

84
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What malformation is associated with myelomeningocele?

A

Arnold-Chiari Type II

85
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What findings are associated with sacral level spina bifida?

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cavus foot, bowel and bladder dysfunction

86
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Lesions above what level preserve the spinal reflex arc?

87
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At what age can a boy learn to self-cath?

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5 years old

88
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What should you suspect in a spina bifida patient with rapidly progressing scoliosis?

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tethered cord

89
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What spinal cord level needs to be spared for a child with spina bifida to be able to walk with an AFO

90
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What is the cause of toe walking in DMD?

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fibrotic dorsiflexors are overpowered by plantar flexors

91
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What does the muscle biopsy look like in DMD?

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clusters of necrotic fibers surrounded by macrophages and lymphocytes

92
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Of the five main antagonistic pairs of muscles in the lower extremity, what are the weaker ones (3 hip, 1 knee, 2 ankle)?

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hip abductors, hip extensors, knee extensors, ankle dorsiflexors, ankle evertors

93
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In DMD, FVC below what threshold is a contraindication to surgical spinal arthrodesis?

94
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What is the clinical hallmark of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy?

A

elbow flexor contractures presenting in adolesence

95
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Which type of CMT is axonal?

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