Notes in 06 Motor Neuron Disorders

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Published	05/15/2024	Do upper motoneuron lesions present with weakness? {{c1::Yes}}
Published	05/15/2024	Do upper motoneuron lesions typically present with atrophy? {{c1::No*}}
Published	05/15/2024	{{c2::Upper}} motoneuron lesions may cause {{c1::spastic::spastic or flaccid}} paralysis
Published	05/15/2024	Do lower motoneuron lesions present with weakness? {{c1::Yes}}
Published	05/15/2024	Do lower motoneuron lesions present with clasp knife spasticity? {{c1::No}}
Published	05/15/2024	LMN lesions cause {{c1::ipsi}}-lateral flaccid paralysis at the level of the lesion
Published	05/15/2024	{{c2::Poliovirus}} infection causes selective destruction of {{c1::lower}} motoneurons
Published	05/15/2024	Which horn of the spinal cord is most affected by poliovirus infection? {{c1::Ventral (anterior) horn}}
Published	05/15/2024	{{c1::Spinal muscular}} atrophy is the congenital degeneration of the {{c2::anterior}} horns of the spinal cord
Published	05/15/2024	Werdnig-Hoffmann disease presents as a "{{c1::floppy baby}}" with marked hypotonia and {{c2::tongue}} fasciculations
Published	05/15/2024	The infantile type (Werdnig-Hoffman) of Spinal Muscular Atrophy has a median age of death of {{c1::7 months}}
Published	05/15/2024	Does Spinal muscular atrophy present with symmetric or asymmetric weakness?{{c1::Symmetric}}
Published	05/15/2024	Spinal muscular atrophy presents with {{c1::bi}}-lateral symmetric weakness
Published	05/15/2024	{{c1::Respiratory}} complications are the most common cause of death in patients with ALS
Published	05/15/2024	Familial cases of ALS may be associated with mutations in {{c1::TDP43}}, {{c2::FUS}}, and {{c3::C9ORF72}} which are all prote…
Published	05/15/2024	Kennedy Disease presents with {{c1::lower::upper/lower/both}} motorneuron signs
Published	05/15/2024	Kennedy Disease is a {{c1::trinucleoide repeat::Class of Disease}} mutation of the {{c1::androgen receptor}} gene
Published	05/15/2024	What is the mode of inheritance of Kennedy Disease{{c1::X Linked Recessive}}
Published	05/15/2024	Spinal muscular atrophy patients who survive with {{c2::SMN1}} mutations do so because the {{c1::SMN2}} gene also produces the same product but at low…
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Published	05/15/2024	Patient comes in with confusion, fever, and fasciculations that started a couple of days ago{{c1::West Nile Virus::Dx}}
Published	05/16/2024	Do upper motoneuron lesions present with fasciculations? {{c1::No}}
Published	05/16/2024	Do upper motoneuron lesions present with the Babinski sign? {{c1::Yes}}
Published	05/16/2024	Do upper motoneuron lesions present with clasp knife spasticity? {{c1::Yes}}
Published	05/16/2024	Do lower motoneuron lesions present with atrophy? {{c1::Yes}}
Published	05/16/2024	Do lower motoneuron lesions present with fasciculations? {{c1::Yes}}
Published	05/16/2024	{{c2::Lower}} motoneuron lesions may cause {{c1::hypo}}-reflexia
Published	05/16/2024	{{c2::Lower}} motoneuron lesions may cause {{c1::decreased}} tone
Published	05/16/2024	Do lower motoneuron lesions present with the Babinski sign? {{c1::No}}
Published	05/16/2024	{{c2::Lower}} motoneuron lesions may cause {{c1::flaccid::spastic or flaccid}} paralysis
Published	05/16/2024	Poliomyelitis is caused by {{c1::poliovirus}} infection
Published	05/16/2024	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is commonly known as {{c1::Lou Gehrig}} disease
Published	05/16/2024	Familial cases of {{c2::ALS}} may be associated with {{c1::zinc-copper superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)}} mutations, which leads to free radical injury i…
Published	05/16/2024	Clonus is a sign of {{c1::upper}} motor neuron lesion
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