As the number of people living with neurologic conditions rises, primary care physicians and neurologists should be working ...
In this guide, we’ll break down the exam structure, the major categories it covers, and how using a MCCQE practice test can help you prepare efficiently.
“Pattern recognition is key,” emphasized Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD, as he discussed the challenges of distinguishing ...
The McDonald criteria revisions provide a unified approach for diagnosing MS from pediatric to late-life presentations, said ...
As they explained in their case report in the Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience, ophthalmologic examination identified ...
Dr. Anna K. Bonkhoff (Neurology): A 69-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of headache and ataxia. The patient had a history of systemic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which had ...
At 8 months follow-up, patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy who received spinal cord stimulation implants reported improvements in pain, neuropathic and autonomic symptoms, including ...
Objective: To characterise the clinical features of non-familial migraine with unilateral motor symptoms (MUMS) and compare these features with those of migraine without weakness. Methods: 24 patients ...
Getty Images A 23-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with a sudden onset of a thunderclap headache that she describes as the “worst headache of her life.” A 23-year-old woman ...
Dr. Kathleen M. McFadden (Medicine): A 22-year-old woman was transferred to this hospital in the summer before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic because of headache, fever, and respiratory failure ...
Compared with the in-person neurologic examination, the virtual neurologic examination has reasonable specificity for detecting focal neurologic abnormalities, but relatively low sensitivity. High ...
A brain tumor can be diagnosed using imaging tests that view the structure of the brain, along with a biopsy, which can carefully assess a sample of a suspected brain tumor under a microscope.