breech presentation/asthenia

Female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) may demonstrate elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) and reduction of muscle dystrophin in all muscle types. We hypothesized that decreased dystrophin in uterine or pelvic girdle musculature might affect the obstetrical performance of females

We investigated the features of children with spinal cord insults (SCI) occurring in the pre-, peri-, and neonatal periods by sending 340 questionnaires to all paediatric neurologists, paediatric urologists, and neonatologists in the UK and Ireland. We requested information about timing, nature, and

Prenatal onset and rapidly fatal course of centronuclear myopathy are described in four male newborns including two brothers. Diagnosis was established by muscle biopsy within the first week of life in two and at autopsy in the two other patients: Central nuclei, central aggregation of oxydative

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical profile, and identify its risk factors, of cerebral palsy (CP) as seen in a cohort of consecutive Saudi children aged between one and 3 years of age prospectively over a one-year period. METHODS Saudi children aged 1-3 years with CP (diagnosis based on specified

We report on a case of a patient with unknown Addison's disease who showed a variety of complications after caesarean section (preterm labour, breech presentation, 32 wks.). The main complications were endomyometritis, altered serum electrolytes, severe hypotension and weakness. Based on clinical