Ataxia Telangiectasia: Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare, neurodegenerative, inherited disease that affects many parts of the body and causes severe disability. Ataxia refers to poor coordination of movement, including wide-based, uncoordinated, unsteady gait due to dysfunction of the cerebellum and telangiectasia refers to small dilated blood vessels and capillaries usually of the sclera, face and …
Bell palsy is an acute unilateral facial nerve palsy that is not associated with other cranial neuropathies or brain-stem dysfunctions. Bell palsy is the most common acute mononeuropathy. Incidence is 2.7 per 100000 in children less than 10 years of age. Etiology of Bell palsy: Infection by Herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein Barr virus, …
CT Scan is one of the most widely used investigation procedures. It is easily available, cheap and can be performed rapidly in contrast to MRI. CT scan is a radiological procedure done by taking a series of cross-sectional images. One circle is taken at a time in a full circle rotation. A computer then calculates …
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What does SMA mean? Spinal Muscular Atrophy also is known as SMA is a medical term. It is a kind of neuromuscular disease. There are other types of neuromuscular disorder. SMA is a disorder of motor neuron of brainstem or anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. Weakness and increased fatiguability are important features of …
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What is Epilepsy in Children Epilepsy is a series or neurological disorders that result in provoked or unprovoked seizures. The condition is said to be present when a person has two or more unprovoked seizures separated by a time period of at least 24 hours. In the U.S., it is the fourth most common neurological …
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