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Flaccid Dysarthria (Lower Motor Neuron Lesion)
- Clinical Features:
- Lax open mouth
- Atonia
- Weakness
- Wasting
- Drooling
- Feeding difficulties
- Absent jaw, gag, and cough reflexes
- Causes:
- Dystrophia myotonica
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Myasthenia gravis
- Facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy
- Congenital dysplasia of the brainstem (e.g., Moebius)
- Pontine gliomas
- Progressive motor neurone diseases (e.g., Fazio-Londe)
- Vascular lesions of the brainstem
- Posterior fossa tumour resection
- Clinical Features:
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