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Thursday, January 12, 2012

A man with a peculiar gate

Neurology MCQ

Question:
Two teenage girls spend their afternoon at the shopping mall 'people watching'. They notice a man with a peculiar gate. He has short shuffling steps and his arms don't swing when he walks. As he walks, his pace increases. What is this type of gait associated with?
a) Huntington's disease
b) posterior column disease
c) Parkinson's disease
d) tabes dorsalis
e) cerebellar disease

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