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1. TRUE/FALSE?
A. Absent or diminished reflexes are suggestive of lower motor neuron (as opposed to upper motor neuron) pathology.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Floppy babies with lower motor neuron pathology are usually alert and responsive.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
C. Children with spinal muscular atrophy usually have an intellectual disability.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
D. The electromyogram in spinal muscular atrophy shows a pattern of denervation.
2. TRUE/FALSE
E. Facial dysmorphism, macrocephaly or microcephaly may be an associated feature of hypotonia with underlying lower motor neuron pathology.
2. TRUE/FALSE
A. Duchenne muscular dystrophy follows an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.
2. TRUE/FALSE
B. Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy always present with delayed walking.
2. TRUE/FALSE
C. Muscular dystrophies are generally non-progressive in nature.
2. TRUE/FALSE
D. Fasciculations of the tongue is a feature of muscular dystrophy.
2. TRUE/FALSE
E. Gowers sign is indicative of distal muscle weakness.
2. TRUE/FALSE
F. Respiratory compromise is the commonest cause of death in children with a myopathy or muscular dystrophy.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
A. Decreased foetal movements and polyhydramnios may be present in congenital myopathies.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Raised serum creatine kinase is a feature of all myopathies.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
C. Nerve conduction tests are difficult to perform in children with peripheral neuropathy and used only in undiagnosed cases.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
D. A high stepping gait is suggestive of a peripheral neuropathy.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
E. Most neuromuscular disorders are not treatable.
