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 III
NEURO/J/17/23/III
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. Role of Botulinum Toxin in neurological disorders.
10
2. Re-emerging infections of the central nervous system.
10
3. Congenital myopathies: Types, approach to diagnosis
management.

4. Blink reflex and its role in management of neurological
disorders.
5+5
5. Newer disease-modifying-therapies (DMTs) in multiple
sclerosis.
10
6. Carpal tunnel syndrome: Causes, diagnosis management.
10
7. Role of carotid angioplasty in asymptomatic carotid disease.
10
8. Tabulate the differences between true seizures and PNES
(Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures).
10
9. Non invasive brain stimulation and their role in neurological
disorders.
10
10. Clinical and electrophysiological features in a patient with
Stiff-Person syndrome.
10