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Neuromuscular Disorders

4 topics in Neuromuscular Disorders for PGET Paper II Paediatrics. Each one explains the concept simply, then gives exam-focus points and a quick revision list.

Duchenne muscular dystrophyThe commonest inherited muscle disease of boys: X-linked loss of dystrophin, calf pseudohypertrophy, Gowers sign, a very high CK, and supportive care with steroids.The floppy infantHow to approach a baby with low tone: separating central (non-paralytic) from neuromuscular (paralytic) hypotonia, the common causes including SMA, and the tests that sort them out.Myasthenia gravis in childrenThe autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction that causes fatigable weakness: juvenile, transient neonatal and congenital forms, how to confirm it, and how to treat it and its crises.Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute flaccid paralysisThe commonest cause of acute flaccid paralysis in children: post-infectious ascending weakness with areflexia and high CSF protein, its variants, how to tell it from polio and cord disease, and how to treat it.
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