
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - BMJ Best Practice
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by progressive muscle weakness that can start in limb, axial, bulbar, or respiratory muscles and then generalises …
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - BMJ Best Practice
Sep 27, 2024 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness that can start in limb, axial, bulbar, or respiratory muscles and then …
Progressive supranuclear palsy - BMJ Best Practice
May 16, 2024 · Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disorder that classically presents with oculomotor dysfunction (abnormal vertical eye movements), postural instability and …
Alzheimer's disease - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best …
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease with an insidious onset and progressive but slow decline. AD is the most common type of dementia. [1] [2] It often co-exists with …
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
Writing Committee Members, Isselbacher EM, Preventza O, et al. 2022 ACC/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease: a report of the American Heart Association/American …
Assessment of clubbing - BMJ Best Practice
An important nail sign of systemic disease linked with underlying pulmonary, cardiovascular, neoplastic, infectious, hepatobiliary, mediastinal, endocrine, and gastrointestinal disorders. Digital clubbing may …
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome - BMJ Best Practice
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a rare autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction. LEMS occurs either as a paraneoplastic disorder in association with an underlying cancer …
Differential diagnosis of symptoms - BMJ Best Practice
Jan 9, 2026 · Proteinuria is common, and prevalence increases with kidney disease progression. It is often diagnosed incidentally on routine dipstick testing of urine samples; an appropriate index of …
Meniere's disease - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best …
Meniere's disease (MD) is an episodic auditory and vestibular disease characterised by sudden onset of vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, and sensation of fullness in the affected ear. Earlier in the disease …
Esclerose lateral amiotrófica - BMJ Best Practice
She is the chair of the CALS (Canadian ALS Research Network) and in that capacity sits on the scientific medical advisory board for ALS Canada. She is the site PI for several multi-centre clinical …