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Patients that Present with a Seizure 1. Seizure 2. New Onset Seizure in adulthood 3. Prolonged Seizures 4. New Onset Seizure and fever 5. Seizures in an 8 year old girl Patients that Present with Involuntary Movements 6. Tremor in adulthood 7. Child with Involuntary movements 8. Tremor in adulthood 9. Infant with episodic body jerking Patients that Present with a Headache 10. "Worst headache of my life" 11. Headache 12. Headache and vomiting 13. Headache and lethargy Patients that Present with Altered Mental Status/ Memory Loss/ Personality Changes 14. New Onset Dementia 15. Memory loss and personality changes 16. Headache and personality changes 17. Developmental regression in childhood 18. Episode of confusion 19. Confusion in an elderly man 20. Altered mental status and fever 21. Coma Patients that Present with Hemiparesis and Generalized Weakness 22. Acute left-sided weakness 23. Hemiparesis following trauma 24. Progressive hemiparesis 25. Generalized weakness in an adult 26. Floppy infant Patients that Present with Trouble walking, Leg Weakness, Numbness or Pain 27. Paraparesis, ataxia and incontinence 28. Leg pain and urinary incontinence 29. Chronic progressive difficulty walking 30. Child late in walking 31. Child clumsy in walking 32. Low back pain 33. Right ankle weakness 34. Delayed Walking Patients that Present with Arm/Hand Weakness, Numbness or Pain 35. Bilateral arm weakness 36. Neck and arm pain 37. Infant not moving arm 38. Right hand weakness 39. Right hand numbness Patients that Present with Sleep and Speech Problems 40. Excessive daytime sleepiness 41. Sleep problems in childhood 42. Difficulty speaking in an adult Patients that Present with Vertigo, Diplopia and Facial Weakness 43. Vomiting, vertigo and ataxia 44. Dizziness, vomiting and imbalance 45. Diplopia 46. Diplopia and dysphagia 47. Left-sided facial droop Patients that Present with an Abnormal Head Microcephaly 48. Macrocephaly 49. Misshapen Hea
