Sunday, January 20, 2013

Friedreich Ataxia: Neuropathology Revised.

Friedreich Ataxia: Neuropathology Revised.. Koeppen, Arnulf H. MD.; Mazurkiewicz, Jose. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 72:2 2013 Feb pg 78-90.

Keywords: Friedreich ataxia, Low frataxin levels, iron-sulfur clusters, aconitase, dorsal root ganglia, dorsal columns, transsynaptic atrophy, Clarke column, dorsal spinocerebellar fibers, gracile and cuneate nuclei, sensory nerves, dentate nucleus.

Neuromuscular scoliosis

Neuromuscular scoliosis. R. Vialle, C. Thévenin-Lemoine, P. Mary; Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research, Available online 18 January 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2012.11.002,


Highlight: "Surgical treatment of neuromuscular scoliosis differs from idiopathic scoliosis".
"Non-surgical measures rarely fully control progressive scoliosis".

Keywords: Neuromuscular scoliosis, surgical treatment, idiopathic scoliosis, complications rate, Non-surgical measures, muscular hypotonia.