ARTHROGRYPOSIS
| Autor: | Abram Kanof, Stanley M. Aronson, Bruno W. Volk |
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| Rok vydání: | 1956 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 17:532-540 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| Popis: | Three typical cases of arthrogryposis are presented. Neurological examination points to involvement of the central nervous system in this illness. Repeated muscle biopsies in all 3 patients and a complete post-mortem examination in 1, suggest that this may be an infantile form of neuromuscular atrophy rather than a primary disease of either the joints or the muscles. Neither the use of steroid therapy nor prostigmine produced lasting benefits, although ACTH did seem to produce a definite, though slight, effect in freeing motion in the smaller, peripheral joints. One patient may have benefited from application of rehabilitation techniques. |
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