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Selected Disorders of the Nervous System

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The abrupt onset of fever, headache, vomiting, and stiff neck with rapid progression to confusion, obtundation, and loss of consciousness are the typical symptoms of acute meningitis. Evidence of meningeal irritation (inability to flex the neck enough for the mandible to touch the sternum) along with Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs is almost invariably present.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland, 97201, OR, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Ferrante, J.A. (1994). Selected Disorders of the Nervous System. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4005-9_69

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