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The WikiDoc Living Textbook of Neurology
Introduction
Click Here For A Complete Listing Of All Chapters In The Living Textbook Of Neurology In Alphabetical Order
Click Here For Status Update Of Neurology
| Organ System Project |
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| Topics |
| Leaders & Members |
| Meetings’ Summary |
System leader: Fahimeh Alsadat Shojaei, M.D.
Status Updates
| Resident survival guide Progress | |
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| Completed | 26 |
| In progress | 0 |
| Remaining | 0 |
| Primary care chapter Progress | |
| Completed | 7 |
| In progress | 6 |
| Remaining | 17 |
Primary Care Topics
| Specialty | Topic | Author | Review | Resident Survival Guide Page | Author | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | ||||||
| Neurology | Altered mental status | Moises | In progress | Altered mental status resident survival guide | Fahimeh/Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Blurred vision | Golnaz | In progress | Blurred vision resident survival guide | Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Dizziness | Needs content | Dizziness resident survival guide | Moises | Complete | |
| Neurology | Gait disturbance | Usman Ali Akbar | In progress | Gait disturbance resident survival guide | Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Generalized weakness | Antara | Needs review | Generalized weakness resident survival guide | Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Headache | Niloofar | In progress | Headache resident survival guide | Niloofar/Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Jerks/ twitches | Needs to be created | Jerks/ twitches resident survival guide | Moises | Complete | |
| Neurology | Memory loss | Zehra Malik | In progress | Memory loss resident survival guide | Fahimeh/Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Slurred speech | Zehra Malik | Fahimeh | Slurred speech resident survival guide | Usman | Complete |
| Neurology | Seizure | Needs content | Seizure resident survival guide | Vidit | Complete | |
| Neurology | Status epilepticus | Zehra Malik | Fahimeh | Status epilepticus resident survival guide | Fahimeh | Complete |
| Neurology | Tremor | Needs content | Tremor resident survival guide | Usman | Complete | |
| Neurology | Vertigo | Zehra Malik | Fahimeh | Vertigo resident survival guide | Moises | Complete |
Disorders | ||||||
| Neurology | Alzheimer’s disease | Needs review | Alzheimer’s disease resident survival guide | Moises | Complete | |
| Neurology | Alcohol withdrawal | Needs content | Alcohol withdrawal resident survival guide | Vidit | Complete | |
| Neurology | Back pain | Zehra Malik | In progress | Back pain resident survival guide | Vidit | Complete |
| Neurology | Brain tumor | Needs content | ||||
| Dementia | Fahimeh | In progress | Dementia resident survival guide | Fahimeh/Moises | ||
| Neurology | Encephalitis | Needs review | Encephalitis resident survival guide | Moises | Complete | |
| Neurology | Epilepsy | Fahimeh | Fahimeh | Epilepsy resident survival guide | Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Migraine | Needs review and hyperlink | Migraine resident survival guide | Moises | Complete | |
| Neurology | Meningitis | Needs review | Meningitis resident survival guide | Niloofar | Complete | |
| Neurology | Multiple sclerosis | Fahimeh | Fahimeh | Multiple sclerosis resident survival guide | Fahimeh/Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Myasthenia gravis | Fahimeh | Fahimeh | Myasthenia gravis resident survival guide | Fahimeh/Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Opioid overdose | Needs review | Opioid overdose resident survival guide | Vidit | Complete | |
| Neurology | Opioid withdrawal | Needs content | Opioid withdrawal resident survival guide | Vidit | Complete | |
| Neurology | Parkinson’s disease | Fahimeh | Fahimeh | Parkinson resident survival guide | Fahimeh/Moises | Complete |
| Neurology | Peripheral neuropathy | Needs content | ||||
| Neurology | Stroke | Needs review | Stroke resident survival guide | Ayokunle | Complete | |
| Neurology | Traumatic brain injury | Joanna Ek | In progress | |||
| Neurology | Transient ischemic attack | Bahadori | In progress | |||
Status Update
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Chapters requiring content
| Category | Chapters that need content | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
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| Neurology | |||||||
| Alternating hemiplegia | |||||||
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Tooba Kashif | Fahimeh | |||||
| Aneurysm (landing page) | |||||||
| Aphasia Landing page | |||||||
| Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | |||||||
| Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) | |||||||
| Ataxi telangectasia | Assigned | Zaida | Farima | ||||
| Benign focal amyotrophy | |||||||
| Bitemporal hemianopia | Nihasraja | Krishna | |||||
| Brachial plexus injuries | |||||||
| Brain tumors (LP) | |||||||
| Brown-Sequard syndrome | Assigned | Abdullah khalid | |||||
| Blepharospasm | |||||||
| Cranial nerve function & injuries(LP) | |||||||
| CN II | |||||||
| CN III | |||||||
| CN IV | |||||||
| CN V | |||||||
| CN VI | |||||||
| CN VII | |||||||
| CN VIII | |||||||
| CN IX | |||||||
| CN X | |||||||
| CN XI | |||||||
| CN XII | |||||||
| Causalgia | |||||||
| Cerebral arteriosclerosis | Apoorva | ||||||
| Cerebellar degeneration | |||||||
| Chronic inflamatory demyelinating polyneuropathy | |||||||
| Concussion | |||||||
| Coma and vegetative state | |||||||
| Congenital myasthenia | |||||||
| Congenital myopathy | |||||||
| Corticobasal degeneration | |||||||
| Dementia landing page | |||||||
| Dysautonomia | |||||||
| Gait disorders(LP) | |||||||
| Headache landing page | |||||||
| Hemorrhagic stroke | |||||||
| Intracranial cysts | |||||||
| Intracranial hypertension | |||||||
| Ischemic stroke | |||||||
| Lewy body dementia | |||||||
| Muscle dystrophy (LP) | |||||||
| Myopathies | |||||||
| Peripheral Neuropathy | |||||||
| Spinal tumors (LP) | |||||||
| Subarachanoid hemorrhage | |||||||
| Tabes dorsalis | |||||||
| Tinnitus | |||||||
| Tourette syndrome | |||||||
| Traumatic brain injury | |||||||
| Tremor |
In progress chapters
| Category | Chapters that need content | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurology | Anencephaly | assigned | Ayesha Farheen Javid | Sogand | In progress | ||
| Adie’s syndrome | assigned | ahmad muneeb | Fahimeh | complete | In progress | ||
| Ataxia telangiectasia | assigned | Niloofar | In progress | ||||
| Adrenoleukodystrophy | assigned | Ibtisam | Sahar | Compelete | In progress | ||
| Angelman syndrome | assigned | Moises | Fahimeh | Complete | In progress | ||
| Apraxia | assigned | Parul | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Arachnoid cyst | assigned | Jose | Sahar | Compelete | In progress | ||
| Arachnoiditis | assigned | Qasim Khurshid | Maneesha | Complete | In progress | Maneesha | |
| Asperger syndrome | assigned | Shakiba Hassanzadeh | Ahmed elsaiey | In progress | |||
| Ataxia | assigned | Apeshka gupta | Aditya | In progress | |||
| Autonomic dysfunction | assigned | Atif | Mosadegh | In progress | |||
| Aicardi syndrome | assigned | Moises | Fahime | In progress | |||
| Alexander disease | assigned | Moises | Fahime | compelete | |||
| Alpers disease | assigned | Zehra Melik | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Becker muscular dystrophy | assigned | Moises Romo | Fahimeh | Compelete | In progress | ||
| Benign essential blepharospasm | assigned | Ibtisam | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Brain hemorrhage (LP) | assigned | Fahimeh | In progress | ||||
| Broca/Global Aphasia | assigned | Anoze | Aditya | In progress | |||
| Brachial plexus injuries | assigned | Vidhi | Amandeep | In progress | |||
| Brain herniation | assigned | Parul | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Cerebellar hypoplasia | assigned | ahmad muneeb | Fahimeh | Compelete | In progress | ||
| Conductive Aphasia | assigned | ahmad muneeb | Fahimeh | Complete | In progress | ||
| CN I | assigned | Behzad | Farima | In progress | |||
| Central cord syndrome | assigned | Abdulkareem | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Central pontine myelinolysis | assigned | Dara | |||||
| Cerebral Aneurysm | assigned | Harmeet | Amandeep | In progress | |||
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | assigned | Dara/ Twinkle | Complete | In progress | Mosadegh | ||
| Cluster headache | assigned | Sabeeh | Aditya | In progress | |||
| Disc slip/herniation | assigned | ahmad muneeb | Fahimeh | In progress | |||
| Dancing eye dancing feet syndrome | assigned | Jose | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Dandy Walker syndrome | assigned | Zehra Malik | Sahar | Compelete | In progress | ||
| Dyslexia | assigned | Madona | Aditya | In progress | |||
| Dystonia | assigned | Shadi | Fahimeh | In progress | |||
| Encephalopathy | assigned | Kanwal Khamuani | Farima | In progress | |||
| Erb’s palsy | assigned | Moises Romo | Fahimeh | Complete | In progress | ||
| Essential tremor | assigned | Rina Ghorpade | Maneesha | In progress | |||
| Frontotemporal dementia | Assigned | Qasim Khurshid | Maneesha | ||||
| Gerstman syndrome | assigned | Saketh | Fahimeh | In progress | |||
| Intraparenchymal hemorrhage (SP) | assigned | Ahmad | Fahimeh | In progress | |||
| Infantile spasms | assigned | kanwal | Farima | In progress | |||
| Lambert Eaton syndrome | assigned | Indhumathi | Maneesha | In progress | |||
| Lateral medullary syndrome | assigned | Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2] | Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [3] | Completed | In progress | Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [4] | |
| Narcolepsy | assigned | Waleed | Homa | In progress | |||
| Neurofibromatosis I | assigned | Moises | Fahimeh | Complete | In progress | ||
| Neurofibromatosis II | assigned | Moises | Fahimeh | In progress | |||
| Neuroleptic malignant syndrome | Assigned | Qasim khurshid | Maneesha | ||||
| Pick’s disease | assigned | Shadi ebr | Sahar | In progress | |||
| Polio | assigned | Gurman | Amandeeo | In progress | |||
| Prion disease | assigned | Waleed | Homa | In progress | |||
| Sturge-Weber syndrome | assigned | Rina ghorpade | Maneesha | Complete | In progress | Maneesha | |
| Syringomyelia | assigned | Eman | Huda | In progress | |||
| Tension headache | assigned | Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[5] | Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [6] | Completed | In Progress | Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [7] | |
| Tuberous sclerosis | assigned | Jose | Sahar | Complete | In progress | ||
| Alexander disease | assigned | Moises | Fahimeh | Complete | |||
| Aicardi syndrome | assigned | Moises | Fahimeh | In progress |
Completed chapters
| Category | Chapters that need content | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurology | CN VII | Assigned | Dara | ||||
| Dandy Walker syndrome | Assigned | Zehra Malik | Sahar | Complete | |||
| Duchenne muscle dystrophy | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | compelete | |||
| Idiopathic intracranial hypertension | Assigned | Fahimeh | complete | complete | |||
| Parkinsons Disease | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | compelete | Sogand | ||
| Epilepsy | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | compelete | Farima | ||
| Multiple sclerosis | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | compelete | Khurram | ||
| Myasthenia gravis | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | complete | Sogand | ||
| Subdural hemorrhage | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | complete | Sogand | ||
| GB syndrome | Assigned | Fahimeh | compelete | complete | Sogand | ||
| Bell’s palsy | Assigned | Dara | compelete | complete | Niloofar | ||
| Spina bifida | Assigned | Dara | compelete | complete | Sadaf | ||
| Autism | assigned | Aditya | compelete | ||||
| Canavan disease | Assigned | Zehra Malik | Complete | In progress | |||
| Inflammatory myopathies | assigned | Sadaf | complete | ||||
Editor-In-Chief:
C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Huda A. Karman, M.D.
Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy and Physiology
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Disease States
Disease States
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Congenital Disease States
Congenital Disease States
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Pharmacotherapy
Pharmacotherapy
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