A Man with Painful Feet and Hand Ulcers

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Fig. 27.1 The patient’s hands showing wasting of small muscles, contraction of finger flexors and a purplish discolouration There was marked distal weakness in the upper and lower limbs bilaterally….

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Weakness in an Indian Man

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© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_25 25. Weakness in an Indian Man Robin Howard1   (1) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen…

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A Patient with an Acute Syndrome, Recovers and Represents Years Later

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© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_22 22. A Patient with an Acute Syndrome, Recovers and Represents Years Later Robin Howard1   (1) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National…

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A Man with Recurrent Chest Infections

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Diagnosis Defect in NMJ Gene Clinical features Treatment Pre-synaptic defect Choline acetyl transferase (Chat) deficiency Failure of ACh re-synthesis or packaging CHAT Recurrent apnoeic spells Impaired pupillary responses Refractory to…

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Preserve Your Health, Not Your Vegetables

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© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_19 19. Preserve Your Health, Not Your Vegetables Sanjeev Rajakulendran1   and Dimitri M. Kullmann2   (1) Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,…

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A Man with a Dry Mouth and Weakness

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(1) Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK (2) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK…

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A Lady with Head Drop

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© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_18 18. A Lady with Head Drop Sanjeev Rajakulendran1   and Dimitri M. Kullmann2   (1) Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen…

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Progressive Motor Weakness in a Somalian Man

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Fig. 13.1 Patient’s lower limbs showing severe distal wasting involving both the anterior and posterior aspects of the legs Investigations Laboratory tests including serum lead and white cell enzymes were…

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