34 Neuropsychiatry – 6
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1. Anosognosia is more likely to be associated with right than with left limb hemiplegia. | ||
2. The hippocampus is supplied by the anterior cerebral artery. | ||
3. In chronic fatigue syndrome, patients who attribute their symptoms to exclusively physical causes have a better prognosis. | ||
4. Prion protein on tonsillar biopsy is highly specific for variant CJD. | ||
5. Reverse calendar test performance is unimpaired in delirium tremens. | ||
6. Delirium is associated with theta waves on the EEG. | ||
7. The EEG during absence seizures is diagnostic. | ||
8. Prolactin levels return to normal within 60 minutes following a _non-epileptic seizure. | ||
9. Social judgement and decision-making are spared in lesions of the ventromedial frontal cortex. | ||
10. The proteome is the total number of expressed proteins. | ||
11. Head injury associated with amnesia lasting less than 24 hours is more likely to be associated with epilepsy. | ||
12. HIV disease progression is measured by CD4 counts. | ||
13. HIV infection is a predisposing factor for Alzheimer’s disease. | ||
14. In dementia associated with Huntington’s disease, amnesia is similar for all decades of life. | ||
15. The globus pallidus is part of the limbic system. | ||
16. The recency effect is preserved in diencephalic amnesia. | ||
17. Irritability in multiple sclerosis is often due to a depressive disorder. | ||
18. Paralysis of vertical gaze is characteristically seen in normal pressure hydrocephalus. | ||
19. Lewy bodies are found in Parkinson’s disease. | ||
20. Hallucinations occur in acute intermittent porphyria. | ||
21. The serial sevens test can provoke a catastrophic reaction in patients with dementia. | ||
22. Delta waves are maximal in the second half of sleep. | ||
23. Somnambulism occurs in sleep stages 3 and 4. | ||
24. Depressive symptoms are less common after breast conserving surgery than radical mastectomy for cancer of the breast. | ||
25. Hypothyroidism can cause hirsutism. |
ANSWERS
1. Anosognosia is more likely to be associated with right than with left limb hemiplegia.
False: Anosognosia is the lack of awareness of disease. It usually results from non-dominant parietal lobe lesion. It is usually associated with unilateral neglect and left hemiplegia (Lishman 1997, p. 18; Mitchell 2004, p. 85).