DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Gait difficulties
Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM disease) is an autosomal recessive neurological disease. The cause of the disease are mutations in any of the 5 genes encoding subunits of the translation initiation factor EIF-2B: EIF2B1, EIF2B2, EIF2B3, EIF2B4, or EIF2B5. The disease belongs to a family of conditions called the Leukodystrophies.
Gait difficulties - List of case studies
- Mild Alzheimer’s disease – additional opinion
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by apathy as well as by impairment of memory, word finding difficulties and reduced vocabulary, impaired ability to make calculation and ... extrapyramidal signs such as rigidity and gait difficulties are evident on the neurological examination as the clinical ...
- Demyelinizing Disease
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were discontinued because of side effects. Her movement difficulties, due to the left lower limb rigidity, are increasing ... vitamin B12 deficiency, and this may aggravate their gait disability. Vitamin D testing in the blood is also important (low levels ...
- List of Symptoms
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of the uvula Diarrhea Diarrhoic alvus Difficulties in managing house work Difficulties in verbal memory ... limbs) Distortion of straight lines Disturbed gait Dizziness Dorsiflexion (foot) Double vision Down ...