REVIEW THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR EACH DISEASE
1. MANAGEMENT
2. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
3. DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS
4. UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY
CNS MALFORMATIONS:
1. Neural tube defects a. Spina bifida cystica b. Arnold-Chiari malformation c. Syringomyelia d. Sacral dysgenesis
2. Holoprosencephaly
3. Microcephaly vs macrocephaly
4. Hydrocephalus a. Noncommunicating b. Communicating
CEREBRAL PALSY
SEIZURE DISORDERS:
1. Partial simple seizures
2. Partial complex seizures a. Adversive seizures b. Jacksonian seizures
3. Generalized seizures a. Tonic-clonic (grand mal) b. Absence (petit mal) c. Myoclonic d. Atonic/akinetic
4. Status epilepticus
DEGENERATIVE CNS DISEASE:
1. Wilson's disease
2. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
3. Friedreich's ataxia
4. Metachromatic leukodystrophy
5. Adrenoleukodystrophy
6. Tay-Sachs disease
7. Gaucher's disease
8. Neimann-Pick disease
POSTINFECTIOUS "AUTOIMMUNE" DISORDERS:
1. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
2. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
3. Acute cerebellar ataxia
4. Multiple sclerosis vs Schilder's disease
5. Guillain-Barr syndrome
NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS:
1. Spinal muscle atrophies a. Type I (Werdnig-Hoffman) b. Type II c. Type III (Kugelberg-Welander)
2. Myasthenia gravis vs Eaton Lambert
3. Duchenne muscular dystrophy
4. Metabolic myopathies
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