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Type of tremor typically improved with alcohol intake

ACP July 2024

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Essential

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Virus responsible for most cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

ACP July 2024

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JC Virus (accept John Cunningham virus; human polyoma virus 2)

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Infectious agent most commonly associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome

ACP July 2024

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Campylobacter jejuni (accept Campylobacter)

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CNS vascular abnormality associated with aortic coarctation

ACP July 2024

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Intracranial aneurysm

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Eponymous name for tremor with rest, action, and postural components resulting in a wing-beating movement of the upper body

ACP July 2024

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Holmes tremor

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Eponym for brief paralysis following a seizure

ACP June 2024

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Todd paralysis (accept Todds)

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Clinical manifestation of Parkinson disease assessed with the retropulsion or ‘pull’ test

ACP June 2024

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Postural instability (accept fall risk)

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Opthalmologic diagnosis with acute monocular eye pain, visual loss and relative afferent pupillary defect

ACP June 2024

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Optic neuritis

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Cerebrovascular disorder with symptomatic reversible multifocal narrowing of the cerebral arteries

ACP June 2024

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Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (accept migrainous vasospasm or angiitis; Call-Fleming syndrome or Call syndrome; thunderclap headache-associated vasospasm; drug or post-partum-induced cerebral arteritis; benign angiopathy or pseudovasculitis of the central nervous system)

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Syndrome with Parkinsonian features and pronounced autonomic nervous system failure

ACP June 2024

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Multi-system atrophy (accept Shy-Drager syndrome; olivopontocerebellar atrophy; striatonigral degeneration)

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Repetitive, stereotyped, suppressible movements

ACP march 2019

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Tics

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Preferred initial drug therapy for idiopathic intracranial hypertension

ACP march 2019

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Acetazolamide (accept carbonic anhydrase inhibitor)

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Diagnostic study for prolonged altered mental status following convulsive status epilepticus

ACP march 2019

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24-hour continuous EEG monitoring

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Diagnosis associated with anti–N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibodies

ACP march 2019

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Autoimmune encephalitis (accept limbic encephalitis)

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Recurrent throbbing headache occurring after the age of 50 that awakens the patient from sleep

ACP march 2019

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Hypnic headache

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Diagnosis for progressive weakness, areflexia, and sensorimotor neuropathy extending beyond 8 weeks

ACP July 2019

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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (accept CIDP)

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Oral drug therapy for multiple sclerosis-related spasticity

ACP July 2019

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Baclofen (accept tizanidine and dantrolene)

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Most effective treatment for focal dystonia

ACP July 2019

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Botulinum toxin injection

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Semicircular canal most commonly implicated in an attack of BPPV

ACP July 2019

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Posterior

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Preferred antiepileptic drug therapy for women taking hormonal contraceptives

ACP July 2019

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Levetiracetam

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Condition characterized by acute, severe, and persistent nonpositional peripheral vertigo

ACP november 2019

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Vestibular neuronitis

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Two emergency treatments for myasthenic crisis

ACP november 2019

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Plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin (both required)

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Best diagnostic study for evaluation of suspected nonepileptic seizures

ACP november 2019

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Video electroencephalography (accept epilepsy monitoring unit or EMU)

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Two most common neuropsychiatric complications of multiple sclerosis

ACP november 2019

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Depression and cognitive dysfunction (accept memory loss)

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Cause of parkinsonian-hyperpyrexia syndrome ## Footnote ACP november 2019
Sudden withdrawal of dopaminergic medications
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"Signature injury" of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan ## Footnote ACP October 2016
Traumatic brain injury
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Descriptive name of severe headache that reaches maximum intensity in 60 seconds ## Footnote ACP October 2016
Thunderclap
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Name of self-limited chorea that occurs during pregnancy ## Footnote ACP October 2016
Chorea gravidarum
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Parkinson-plus syndrome associated with distinctive eye findings ## Footnote ACP October 2016
Progressive supranuclear palsy
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Most common manifestation of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with this coronal FLAIR MRI ## Footnote ACP October 2016
Complex partial seizure
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Visual hallucinations occur most commonly in this form of dementia ## Footnote ACP September 2021
Dementia with Lewy bodies
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Two effective topical treatments for postherpetic neuralgia ## Footnote ACP September 2021
Topical lidocaine and topical capsaicin
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Most common cause of death in patients with Parkinson disease ## Footnote ACP September 2021
Pneumonia (accept aspiration pneumonia)
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Kidney disease associated with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis ## Footnote ACP September 2021
Nephrotic syndrome
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Symptom of normal pressure hydrocephalus most responsive to CSF shunting ## Footnote ACP September 2021
Gait difficulty (accept gait apraxia, magnetic gait, glue-footed gait, frontal ataxia)
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Most common presenting severe symptom of diabetic amyotrophy ## Footnote ACP September 2017
Pain
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Most effective drug treatment for trigeminal neuralgia ## Footnote ACP September 2017
Carbamazepine
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Name of syndrome describing delayed neurologic sequelae following carbon monoxide poisoning ## Footnote ACP September 2017
Delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome
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Tremor that occurs exclusively with writing ## Footnote ACP September 2017
Primary writing tremor
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Ice-pack test is associated with this autoimmune neuromuscular disorder ## Footnote ACP September 2017
Myasthenia gravis
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Usual initial treatment of a multiple sclerosis relapse ## Footnote ACP October 2021
High-dose intravenous glucocorticoid (accept high-dose steroid or high-dose corticosteroid)
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Systolic blood pressure threshold for treatment of hypertension in the setting of intracerebral hemorrhage ## Footnote ACP October 2021
>180 mm Hg
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Syndrome characterized by persistent symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury ## Footnote ACP October 2021
Postconcussion syndrome
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Chromosome 19 gene variant associated with increased risk of Alzheimer disease ## Footnote ACP October 2021
APOE-4 (accept apolipoprotein E-4)
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Term for the transitional period from wakefulness to sleep ## Footnote ACP October 2021
Hypnogogia
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Condition treated with the otocanolith repositioning maneuver ## Footnote ACP December 2021
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (accept BPPV)
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Nerve responsible for burning pain, paresthesia, and hypesthesia over the upper outer thigh ## Footnote ACP December 2021
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
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Cerebrospinal fluid electrophoresis finding characteristic of multiple sclerosis ## Footnote ACP December 2021
Oligoclonal bands
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Term used to describe episodic vertigo in patients with other clinical features of migraine ## Footnote ACP December 2021
Vestibular migraine (accept migrainous vertigo)
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Also known as 'alarm clock headache' ## Footnote ACP December 2021
Hypnic headache
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Eponym for cephalic zoster complicated by facial paralysis or by auditory or vestibular symptoms ## Footnote ACP June 2020
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
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Diagnosis associated with this finding | Falta Imagen ## Footnote ACP June 2020
Basilar skull fracture
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Stroke subtype most commonly linked to pure motor hemiparesis ## Footnote ACP June 2020
Lacunar (accept subcortical)
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Fortification spectrum is a phenomenon associated with this disorder ## Footnote ACP June 2020
Migraine
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Muscle condition associated with 'ragged red fibers' on muscle biopsy ## Footnote ACP June 2020
Mitochondrial myopathy
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Laboratory finding diagnostic of primary ovarian failure ## Footnote ACP October 2023
Elevated follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
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## Footnote ACP October 2023
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Type of cancer associated with chronic anovulation ## Footnote ACP October 2023
Endometrial (accept Uterine)
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Sexually transmitted infection associated with punctate microhemorrhages of the cervix ('strawberry cervix') ## Footnote ACP October 2023
Trichomonas vaginalis (accept Trichomoniasis)
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Most effective form of emergency contraception ## Footnote ACP October 2023
Copper intrauterine device (accept IUD)
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Recommended breast cancer screening regimen for women who received chest wall radiation between ages of 10 and 30 years ## Footnote ACP October 2023
Annual mammogram and breast MRI
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Pain perceived as coming from an amputated limb ## Footnote ACP August 2020
Phantom pain
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Name of this graphical representation of cerebrocortical motor control | Falta Imagen ## Footnote ACP August 2020
Motor homunculus (accept homunculus)
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A common benign MRI finding in patients with migraine ## Footnote ACP August 2020
Nonspecific white matter lesion (accept hyperintensity)
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Most common identifiable arterial disorder predisposing to carotid artery dissection ## Footnote ACP August 2020
Fibromuscular dysplasia
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Limbic encephalitis associated with ovarian teratomas ## Footnote ACP July 2020
Anti-NDMA receptor encephalitis
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Duration of neurologic dysfunction defining transient focal ischemia without infarction ## Footnote ACP September 2020
<24 hours
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French term for trigeminal neuralgia ## Footnote ACP September 2020
Tic douloureux
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Syndromes characterized by bradykinesia, tremor, and multiple system degeneration ## Footnote ACP September 2020
Parkinson-plus syndromes
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Condition characterized by a lack of sensory or visual perception on one side ## Footnote ACP September 2020
Hemispatial neglect (accept hemineglect, spatial neglect, hemiagnosia)
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Condition associated with dislodged otoconia from the macula of the utricular otolith ## Footnote ACP September 2020
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (accept BPPV)
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The most common cranial neuropathy associated with Lyme disease ## Footnote ACP February 2018
Facial (7th) nerve palsy
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Amplifying hosts for West Nile virus infection ## Footnote ACP February 2018
Birds (accept crows, ravens, jays)
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Migraine subtype characterized by unilateral weakness during the aura ## Footnote ACP February 2018
Hemiplegic migraine
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Definitive diagnostic test for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis ## Footnote ACP February 2018
Anti-NMDA receptor antibodies (CSF or serum, neither required)
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Screening for this allele is recommended before starting carbamazepine in patients of Asian ancestry ## Footnote ACP February 2018
HLA-B*1502 allele
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Degenerative neurological disease treated with galantamine ## Footnote ACP May 2018
Alzheimer's disease (accept dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies)
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Another name for lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome ## Footnote ACP May 2018
Meralgia paresthetica
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Headache type that may be treated with microvascular decompression ## Footnote ACP May 2018
Trigeminal neuralgia
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Pregnancy-related condition associated with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy ## Footnote ACP May 2018
Eclampsia (accept preeclampsia)
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Neurologic condition that presents like diabetic amyotrophy but without diabetes ## Footnote ACP May 2018
Idiopathic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy
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Category of vertigo associated with spontaneous bidirectional or vertical nystagmus ## Footnote ACP September 2018
Central vertigo
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Condition accounts for 25% of patients previously diagnosed with cryptogenic stroke ## Footnote ACP September 2018
Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
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Dementia type associated with severe sensitivity to neuroleptics ## Footnote ACP September 2018
Dementia with Lewy bodies
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Eponym for serotonin syndrome diagnostic criteria ## Footnote ACP September 2018
Hunter
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Term that describes dream enactment ## Footnote ACP September 2018
REM behavior disorder (accept parasomnia)
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Cranial nerve injury associated with acute mydriasis ## Footnote ACP April 2023
III (3)
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Likely diagnosis for acute-onset headache, neck pain, and new-onset Horner syndrome ## Footnote ACP April 2023
Carotid artery dissection
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Common term for lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome ## Footnote ACP April 2023
Meralgia paresthetica
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Inherited muscle ion channel defect characterized by episodes of painless muscle weakness ## Footnote ACP April 2023
Periodic paralysis (accept hypokalemic periodoic paralysis or hyperkalemic periodic paralysis)
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Non-epileptic neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing that are incongruent with mood ## Footnote ACP April 2023
Pseudobulbar affect (also accept emotional incontinence)
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Eponym for late amnestic neuropsychiatric manifestation of Wernicke encephalopathy affecting memory ## Footnote ACP May 2023
Korsakoff Syndrome
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Most common location of initial muscle weakness in Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ## Footnote ACP May 2023
Proximal lower extremities (accept lower extremities)
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Eponym for progressive spreading of jerking activity along a limb in focal motor status epilepticus ## Footnote ACP May 2023
Jacksonian march
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First line drug for prevention of recurrent cluster headaches ## Footnote ACP May 2023
Verapamil
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Common term for long-term complication of Bell Palsy resulting in spontaneous tearing associated with eating ## Footnote ACP May 2023
Crocodile Tears Syndrome (accept Bogorad's Syndrome; gustatolacrimal reflex; paroxysmal lacrimation)
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Next test for high probability subarachnoid hemorrhage but normal CT ## Footnote ACP January 2013
Lumbar puncture
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Cause of painless weakness, muscle atrophy, and upper and lower motor neuron signs ## Footnote ACP January 2013
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Syndrome manifested by motor function limited to blinking or moving eyes vertically ## Footnote ACP January 2013
Locked-in syndrome
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Type of weight loss diet that can worsen symptoms of patients treated for Parkinson's disease ## Footnote ACP January 2013
High protein
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Neurological term that describes inability to correctly draw a clock face ## Footnote ACP January 2013
Constructional apraxia

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