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conym5 - 07-12-09 18:20
A 17-year-old female presents initially with fever and progressive
weakness. An extensive neurological evaluation including EMG/NCS suggests
a motor neuron disease. The motor neuron disease most certainly
traced to a virus is
conym5 - 07-12-09 18:20
A 17-year-old female presents initially with fever and progressive
weakness. An extensive neurological evaluation including EMG/NCS suggests
a motor neuron disease. The motor neuron disease most certainly
traced to a virus is
The correct answer and explanation will be available after you answer.
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#6
Re: neuro
conym5 - 07-13-09 16:03 SSPE, PML, kuru, and HIV
encephalomyelitis are all viral diseases affecting the CNS, but poliomyelitis
is the only one that causes a purely motor neuron disease. Poliomyelitis
virus attacks the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord
#18
Re: neuro babbu5508 - 08-30-10 01:32 My answer is: a.
Poliomyelitis is a dsese of the anterior horn cells....caused by polio vrus..the rest of them are encephalopathies...and hence cannot be the answers...
#27
Re: neuro babbu5508 - 03-31-11 11:53 Two basic patterns of polio infection are described: a minor illness which does not involve the central nervous system (CNS), sometimes called abortive poliomyelitis, and a major illness involving the CNS, which may be paralytic or non-paralytic
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Re: neuro sudha2015 - 04-16-11 07:50 A 17-year-old female presents initially with fever and progressive
weakness. An extensive neurological evaluation including EMG/NCS suggests
a motor neuron disease. The motor neuron disease most certainly
traced to a virus is
a. Poliomyelitis
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