Ventricular size varies from normal in newborns and young infants to moderate or severe dilation in older children and adults. Management. Ventricular size, after initial dilation, usually remains stable, and surgical diversion of CSF is rarely needed. Decompressive surgery is required in children ...
Macrocephaly in children and adults with autism. Microcephaly and macrocephaly in autism. Mutation screening of the PTEN gene in patients with autism spectrum disorders and macrocephaly. A novel germline mutation of the PTEN gene in a patient with macrocephaly, ventricular dilatation, and features of ...
In adults, PTEN mutations cause Cowden syndrome where, in addition to the macrocephaly, there is a higher risk of tumour development. Diagnosis of BRRS is often delayed as presentation can be variable, even within families. Aims: To identify characteristics of this condition which might facilitate...
Ventricular size varies from normal in newborns and young infants to moderate or severe dilatation in older children and adults. Management Ventricular size, after initial dilatation, usually remains stable and rarely is surgical diversion of CSF needed. Decompressive surgery is required in children ...
In adults, PTEN mutations cause Cowden syndrome where, in addition to the macrocephaly, there is a higher risk of tumour development. Diagnosis of BRRS is often delayed as presentation can be variable, even within families. AIMS: To identify characteristics of this condition which might facilitate...
In adults, PTEN mutations cause Cowden syndrome where, in addition to the macrocephaly, there is a higher risk of tumour development. Diagnosis of BRRS is often delayed as presentation can be variable, even within families.N E LynchS A Lynch...
Objectives: For millions of disabled older adults each year, postacute care in skilled nursing facilities is a brief window of opportunity to regain enough function to return home and live independently. Too often this goal is not achieved, possibly because of therapy that is inadequately intense ...
Sudden death in adults Sudden death in adulthood is also significantly increased, starting at age 25 years in both males and females (Hecht et al., 1987; Wynn et al., 2007). This was first appreciated in a historical cohort study of 801 individuals with achondroplasia and then confirmed in...