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Neurology - Epilepsy
What are seizures,
Investigations,
What do tonic and clonic mean
46
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Neurology - temporal arteritis
What size of vessels are affected,
Which condition has a strong asso...,
People most at risk
18
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Neuro - Benign Essential Tremor
How is essential tremor character...,
Where is it most noticeable,
Symmetrical or asymmetrical
7
cards
Neuro - Guillain Barre
What is guillain barre syndrome,
Pns or cns affected,
Classical symptoms
16
cards
Neuro - MS
What does ms involve,
What cells produce myelin,
How to describe ms lesions
26
cards
Neurology - peripheral neuropathy (polyneuropathy)
Typical presentation,
Most common causes,
What pattern is typical
13
cards
Neuro - radiculopathy (cervical and lumbar)
Radiculopathy,
Radicular pain causes,
What is cervical radiculopathy
17
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Neurology - tension type headache
Primary or secondary headache dis...,
Infrequent episodic tension headache,
Frequent episodic tension headache
11
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Neuro - wernicke's encephalopathy and korsakoff
What is wernickes encephalopathy,
What vitamin is thiamine,
Common cause of wernickes
17
cards
Cerebral venous thrombosis
What is cerebral venous thrombosis,
Men or women,
Risk factors
15
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Neuro - cluster headache
Describe headache,
Why are they called cluster heada...,
How long do attacks last
13
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Horner syndrome and CN3 palsy
Cn3 palsy appearance,
What two structures does cn3 come...,
Sparing of pupil cn3
16
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Neuro - MND
Are sensory symptoms common,
Most common subtype,
Second most common subtype
17
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Neuro - muscular dystrophies
What 2 are x linked,
What genes are often affected,
What muscles are particularly aff...
17
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Neuro - myaesthenia gravis
What makes this condition better ...,
Typical patients,
What condition is there a strong ...
18
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Trigeminal neuralgia
What is trigeminal neuralgia,
Describe the pain,
Typical patient
12
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Ankylosing spondylitis
Seronegative spondyloarthropathies,
Gene association,
Which joints affected
23
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Rheumatoid arthritis
What is ra,
Synovial inflammation,
Joint distribution
47
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Osteomalacia and Rickets
Underlying problem,
Presentation of osteomalacia,
How is vitamin d made
20
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Pagets disease of the bone
Underlying problem,
Is the excessive turnover coordin...,
What happens to the bones
17
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ANCA associated vasculitis
Vasculitis affecting small vessels,
Vasculitis affecting medium vessels,
Vasculitis affecting large vessels
37
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Psoriatic arthritis
Most severe form,
Pattern of joints affected,
Signs
10
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Sjogrens
What is affected in sjogrens,
Symptoms,
What is secondary sjogrens
11
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SLE
Who is most affected,
Leading cause of death,
Antibodies
17
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Inflammatory muscle disease
2 types of inflammatory muscle di...,
Key investigation for diagnosis,
Other reasons for raised ck
13
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scleroderma
What does limited scleroderma spare,
Typical group,
Underlying cause
13
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Haematology - haemachromatosis
Symptoms,
Most common organ disease,
What bloods are usually elevated
16
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Haemophilia
Haemophilia a and b what factor d...,
Inheritance,
Males or females
16
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Hyposplenism
Spleen immunology role,
Causes of splenomegaly,
Main indications for splenectomy
16
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Leukaemia
Leukaemia,
4 types,
Pancytopenia
43
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Lymphoma
Where do the cancerous cells prol...,
2 main types,
Hodgkins lymphoma epidemiology
29
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Myeloproliferative disorders
Underlying pathology,
3 ones to remember,
What proliferates in primary myel...
29
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