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USMLE Step3 Neurology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. headache - non reactive pupil - fall on both sides during walking - impaired upward gaze






2. impaired hepatic conjugation of billirubin






3. impaired perception of complex sounds






4. korsafoff psychosis






5. What percent of dementia is reversible






6. patient with hx of cluster headache p/w retroorbital pain lacrimation - vomiting suddenly






7. drags leg forward in every steps - no knee flexion; hip flexion and straight legs






8. Unable to copy of matchstick - unable to dress up






9. When to use dopamine agonist pramipexol in parkinson






10. craniopharyngioma






11. what drug is used to extend effects of levodopa






12. construction worker works in squatting position; now develop decreased sensation over anterolateral thigh






13. Why V12 deficient develop hypokalemia after tx with b12






14. How to prevent prevent frequency of MS exacerbation






15. Patient with carbamazepine; What should be advice?






16. What is pronator drift






17. lesion in dominant tempora lobe






18. differentiate wenicke and korsakoff






19. differentiate lewy body dementia and vascular dementia






20. How to confirm braindeath?






21. How to differentiate traumatic LP and SAH






22. oligoclonal band in CSF






23. anerior and anteriomedial thigh paresthesia - decreased DTR






24. double vision at the end of day and ptosis






25. Acute onset of left arm weakness






26. labyrinthitis






27. impaired vibration and increased DTR






28. cluster headache






29. How to manage stroke patient came within 4 hours






30. walking like drunken sailor; jerky hesitant and walks in zigzag pattern






31. What mmse score suggest dementia






32. hx of epilepsy - now unresponsive - slight twhiching of mouth and arms






33. how donepezil - acetylecholinsterase inhibitor works in Alzheimers






34. at first tingling in toes and feet then weakness in extremities






35. How to differentiate medial and lateral pontine syndrome






36. Tx of GBS






37. MMSE score of less than 24






38. How to differentiate parkinson and benign essential tremor






39. When to start fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patient?






40. How to tx acute exacerbation of MS






41. When to give aspirin when patient on tPA after stroke






42. women with unilateral eye pain; neurlogic symptoms here there at different times






43. How to diffrentiate tick borne paralysis from GBS and spinal cord tumor






44. phenytoin and OCP






45. contraindication of sumatripta






46. How to differentiate medial and lateral medullary syndrome






47. dementia plus urinary incontinence






48. Tx of bells palsy






49. How to differentiate botulism from tick born paralysis - GBS and MG






50. benign essential tremor