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DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE: TYPICAL PATTERNS

How to use the handout
Lecture objectives
Handout: Patterns of neuromuscular disease
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How to use the neuromuscular handout

1. The neuromuscular handout is an outline of the important features of the common patterns in the clinical, anatomical, and laboratory analysis of neuromuscular disorders.

2. Students are responsible for the information in the handout, and definitions of words in the handout. Links should appear as blue words. I have attempted to provide links for most of the medical terms in the hand out. If there is a term that is not defined, I will add a link. If something is unclear, I will attempt to clarify the description. Please send me an e-mail note describing the problem.

3. Web addresses

Lecture Objectives:

1. Describe the important features of the clinical analysis, identification of the anatomical site of disease, and diagnostic testing to be considered in the neuromuscular evaluation.

2. Define the characteristic clinical, electrophysiologic and laboratory findings in muscle disease.

3. Define the characteristic clinical, electrophysiologic and laboratory findings in disorders of the neuromuscular junction.

4. Define the characteristic clinical, electrophysiologic and laboratory findings in diseases of nerve due to damage of the axon, cell body, and myelin.


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Alan Pestronk MD
2/11/2003