FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2017
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
NEUROLOGY
PAPER II
NEURO/J/17/23/II
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. What are variants of Guillain-Barré Syndrome and their
management?
10
2. What are Tauopathies?
Advances in the diagnostics of Tauopathies.
5+5
3. Genetics and clinical manifestations of common trinucleotide
repeat disorders in neurology.
10
4. New variant CJD.
10
5. Subacute Combined Degeneration of Cord: Etiopathogenesis,
clinical features management.

6. Auto-immune encephalitis: Diagnosis treatment.
5+5
7. Malformations of cortical development
10
8. Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: Clinical features
management.
4+6
9. Early and delayed sequelae of head injury.
5+5
10. Friedreich's ataxia: Clinical features, diagnosis
management.