Peripheral Nervous System and Motor Unit Disorders

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• Overview of Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Etiology
  • Pathophysiology
    • Damage
    • Recovery
  • Evaluation
    • Clinical evaluation
    • Testing
  • Treatment
  • Key Points

• Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission
  • Eaton-Lambert syndrome
  • Botulism
  • Medications or toxic chemicals

• Isaacs Syndrome
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Diagnosis reference
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points

• Stiff-Person Syndrome
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points

• Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
  • Etiology
    • Etiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
    • Symptoms and signs references
  • Diagnosis
    • Differential diagnosis
    • Testing
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
    • Prognosis references
  • Key Points

• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points

• Hereditary Neuropathies
  • Motor and sensory neuropathies
  • Motor and sensory neuropathies references
  • Sensory and autonomic neuropathies
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Key Points

• Hereditary Motor Neuropathy With Liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP)
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Key Points

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Other Motor Neuron Diseases (MNDs)
  • General reference
  • Symptoms and Signs
    • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
    • Progressive bulbar palsy and progressive pseudobulbar palsy
    • Progressive muscular atrophy
    • Primary lateral sclerosis
    • Symptoms and signs reference
  • Diagnosis
    • Differential diagnosis
    • Testing
    • Diagnosis reference
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points

• Myasthenia Gravis
  • Abnormal antibodies
  • Uncommon forms
  • General references
  • Symptoms and Signs
    • Symptoms and signs references
  • Diagnosis
    • Bedside testing
    • Antibody testing and electromyography
    • Further testing
    • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Symptomatic treatment
    • Immunomodulating treatment
    • Treatment references
  • 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
    • Diagnosis reference
  • Treatment
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points

• Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndromes (TOS)
  • General reference
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Key Points