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Gender: Male
Age: 42
Race: Caucasion
Height & Weight: normal
Case study: patient presents with a series of uncontrolled movement, or tics, developing in the fingers & face. Additionally, the patient has noticed an increase in clumsiness, loss of coordination & balance, & slurred speech. Patient feels that he has difficulty concentrating, remembering things, & making decisions.
Recommended Tests: Doctor prescribes Urinalysis, a complete family history evaluation, a genetic test & a blood test.
Are those the tests ordered?
If so nuerodegenerative starting at the parietal and progressing up the postcentral motor cortex.
DD
Huntingtons
porbs other rare genetic disorders – not parkinsons
With a positive genetic screen i’d go for Huntingtons; its genetic and progressively nuerodegenerative
