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Peripheral Nervous System and Motor Unit Disorders
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Peripheral Nervous System and Motor Unit Disorders
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Overview of Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
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Recovery
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Clinical evaluation
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Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission
Eaton-Lambert syndrome
Botulism
Drugs or toxic chemicals
Isaacs Syndrome
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Key Points
Stiff-Person Syndrome
Treatment
Key Points
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Etiology
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Key Points
Hereditary Neuropathies
Motor and sensory neuropathies
Sensory and autonomic neuropathies
Diagnosis
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Hereditary Motor Neuropathy With Liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP)
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Diagnosis
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Other Motor Neuron Diseases (MNDs)
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Progressive bulbar palsy and progressive pseudobulbar palsy
Progressive muscular atrophy
Primary lateral sclerosis
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Myasthenia Gravis
Abnormal antibodies
Uncommon forms
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Bedside testing
Antibody testing and electromyography
Further testing
Treatment
Symptomatic treatment
Immunomodulating treatment
Key Points
Nerve Root Disorders
Etiology
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Key Points
Peripheral Neuropathy
Mononeuropathies
Causes
Symptoms and Signs
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Peroneal nerve palsy
Radial nerve palsy
Ulnar nerve palsy
Diagnosis
Treatment
Key Points
Multiple Mononeuropathy
Polyneuropathy
Symptoms and Signs
Myelin dysfunction
Vasa nervorum compromise
Axonopathy
Diagnosis
Electrodiagnostic tests
Laboratory tests
Treatment
Key Points
Brachial Plexus and Lumbosacral Plexus Disorders
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Key Points
Spinal Muscular Atrophies (SMAs)
Diagnosis
Treatment
Treatment references
Key Points
Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndromes (TOS)
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Key Points
