Neurology guidelines

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Neurology guidelines. Neurological care. Kornbluh et al, Neurol Genet, 2025. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

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  • Neurological care. Kornbluh et al, Neurol Genet, 2025

Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

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Amyloidosis

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Aneurysms

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Ataxias

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Bacterial meningitis

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Bell’s palsy

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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

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Blepharospasm

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Brain tumours

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Brain death

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Catatonia

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Cerebral cavernous malformations (cavernomas)

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Cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT)

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis

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Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT)

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Cluster headache

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Compartment syndrome

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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

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Congenital and distal muscular dystrophy

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Cramps

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Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD)

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Dementia

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Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)

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Disorders of consciousness

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

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Dysphonia

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Dystonia: primary

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Epilepsy: clinical

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Epilepsy: status epilepticus

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Epilepsy: treatments

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Epilepsy: obstetric aspects

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Essential tremor

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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)

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Huntington’s disease (HD)

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

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Immunotherapy

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Insomnia

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Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg)

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Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)

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Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD)

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Lumbar puncture (LP)

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Lyme neuroborreliosis

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Medication overuse headache (MOH)

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Metastases

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Migraine

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Mitochondrial diseases

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Mononeuropathies

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Motor neurone disease (MND)

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Multiple sclerosis (MS): clinical

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Multiple sclerosis (MS): investigations

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Multiple sclerosis (MS): treatment

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Myasthenia gravis (MG)

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Narcolepsy

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Neimann Pick type C

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)

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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)

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Neuropathic pain

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Neurosarcoidosis

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Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

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Parkinson’s disease (PD)

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Peripheral neuropathy: miscellaneous

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Peripheral neuropathy: demyelinating

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Pituitary apoplexy

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Pompe disease

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Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

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Stroke: intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)

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Stroke: ischaemic: clinical aspects

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Stroke: ischaemic: prevention

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Stroke: ischaemic: management

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)

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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

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Syncope

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Tension type headache (TTH)

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Tourette syndrome

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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Tremor: miscellaneous

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Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TAC)

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Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)

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Tumours

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Vascular malformations

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Vasculitis

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Viral encephalitis

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Miscellaneous guidelines

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References

  1. Knopman DS, DeKosky ST, Cummings JL, et al. Practice parameter: diagnosis of dementia (an evidence-based review). Report of the quality standards subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2001; 56:1143-1153.
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