30 Neuropsychiatry – 2
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1. Alexia without agraphia occurs in anterior cerebral artery lesions. | ![]() |
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2. Patients with Broca’s aphasia use short phrases. | ![]() |
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3. Pathological blushing is also known as Binswanger’s disease. | ![]() |
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4. The EEG is normal in 20–40% of people in the very early stages of CJD. | ![]() |
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5. CJD can cause dementia with myoclonus. | ![]() |
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6. Alpha waves on the EEG are maximal over the frontal region. | ![]() |
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7. The EEG during epileptic automatisms typically shows 8–14-Hz spikes. | ![]() |
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8. Flexibilitas cereas can occur after encephalitis. | ![]() |
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9. Exons are excluded during splicing. | ![]() |
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10. Polymerase chain reaction requires a thermostable DNA polymerase. | ![]() |
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11. Disinhibition is a common long-term consequence of a penetrating parietal lobe injury. | ![]() |
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12. ‘AIDS panic’ is a recognized symptom in seronegative individuals. | ![]() |
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13. AIDS patients with euphoria have a poorer prognosis. | ![]() |
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14. Anticipation phenomenon occurs in Huntington’s disease. | ![]() |
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15. In Alzheimer’s disease the memory degradation curve starts off gradually and then becomes progressively steeper. | ![]() |
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16. Cognitive impairment is a feature of longstanding multiple sclerosis. | ![]() |
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17. Narcolepsy with cataplexy occurs in 3 per 10 000 of the population. | ![]() |
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18. Parietal lobe damage causes nominal aphasia. | ![]() |
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19. Pathological laughing and crying occurs in response to specific stimuli. | ![]() |
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20. In prosopagnosia, the patient can recognize individuals only from non-facial characteristics. | ![]() |
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21. In systemic lupus erythematosis, depression has slow onset. | ![]() |
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22. Hypersomnia with apnoea is commonest between ages 40 and 60 years. | ![]() |
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23. In adults, night terrors can be related to relationship difficulties. | ![]() |
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24. Nominal aphasia occurs in non-dominant temporal lobe lesions. | ![]() |
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25. Pimozide is markedly superior to haloperidol in treating motor tics in Tourette syndrome. | ![]() |
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