Unusual physical appearances such as misshapen limbs or head Feeding difficulties Excessive crying Limpness in the arms or legs Difficulty breathing, seizures, or an abnormal response to stimuli Long-Term Effects of Birth Injuries Birth injuries can lead to various long-term challenges as well. The...
The termtrisomyrefers to the presence of three representative chromosomes in a cell instead of the usual pair. In Down syndrome the twenty-first chromosome pair fails to separate when the germ cell (usually the ovum) is being formed. Thus the ovum contains 24 chromosomes, and when it is fert...
An inexact term for any intracranial mass: neoplastic, cystic, inflammatory (abscess), or syphilitic. Neoplastic brain tumors may be benign or malignant. Malignant brain lesions may be primary or secondary, resulting from metastatic spread of other cancers. Primary malignant brain tumors make up from...
An inexact term for any intracranial mass: neoplastic, cystic, inflammatory (abscess), or syphilitic. Neoplastic brain tumors may be benign or malignant. Malignant brain lesions may be primary or secondary, resulting from metastatic spread of other cancers. Primary malignant brain tumors make up from...
Head length (g - op) Cephalic index equal to head width eu minus eu multiplied by 100 divided by head length g minus op Table 3: Cephalic Index for Male and Female and their age Infants who develop significant plagiocephaly secondary to a constant head position required for long-term hyper...
Researchers have validated this treatment for more than a decade and found it to have many advantages over other, conventional tooth replacement methods. 2) Dental implants, long-term solution The lifespan of traditional, tooth-supported dental bridges is only five to seven years, and with proper...
"I thought that this group of cells must have come away with some level of stress," explains Dr. Holger Auner, head of the Imperial team. "To survive in the long term, they must have had to deal with that stress by repairing the damage and restoring processes that allow them to functi...
Researchers have validated this treatment for more than a decade and found it to have many advantages over other, conventional tooth replacement methods. 2) Dental implants, long-term solution The lifespan of traditional, tooth-supported dental bridges is only five to seven years, and with proper...