Neuromuscular Diseases

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Neuromuscular Diseases

• David Dayya, D.O.
• St. Barnabas Hospital

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Multiple Sclerosis

• Demyelinating disease of brain and spinal cord
  (autoimmune origin)
• Age 20 - 40
• Alternating remissions and exacerbations
  neurologic deficits
• Involvement of vision (uveitis), bladder
  (overflow incontinence), bowel and muscle
  weakness/fatigue
• MRI demonstrates