Motor Neurone Disease

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Test:

Brain CT (AB for bulbar kin), myelogram (AB for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), electromyography (AB with progressive muscular atrophy), nerve conduction stedies (AB), muscle biopsy (AB)

Sign:

Fasciculation, hypotonia, muscle wasting, para-doxical reflexes

Dd:

Extreme stress, cervical spondylosis, spinal tu-mour, polymyositis, poliomyelitis, pernicious anaemia, multiple sclerosis, brain stem tumour, metastatic carcinoma, hyperparathyroidism, hypophosphataemia, hyperthyroidism, heavy metal poisoning

Phys:

Multifactorial disease with wide range of symp­toms associated with motor nerve impairment