Displasia epifisiaria hemimélica: enfermedad de Trevor

Fosforilación de tau y enfermedad de Alzheimer

Trevor Disease (Hemimelic Epiphyseal Displasia): 12-year Follow-up Case Report and Literature Review

Trevor disease or hemimelic epiphyseal dysplasia is a rare skeletal developmental disorder characterized by asymmetric overgrowth of cartilage in the epiphyses. Histologically, it is an epiphysis osteochondroma. The symptom onset occurs primarily during childhood. Males are 3 times more affected than females. The most common symptom is a painless bony mass around the ankle or knee, followed by ...

La enfermedad de Huntington: una visión biomolecular

La enfermedad de Huntington (EH) es una afección neurodegenerativa de carácter autosómico dominante, con penetración completa, cuya prevalencia es de 5 a 10 casos por cada 100.000 habitantes [1-3]. Las manifestaciones clínicas aparecen con mayor frecuencia entre los 35 y los 50 años de edad y se caracterizan por un cuadro progresivo de movimientos anormales e involuntarios de tipo coreico, que ...

SPECT cerebral y enfermedad de Alzheimer: una revisión

The Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT) is one of the recent neuroimaging techniques that contributes with information about the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). The present paper presents a description of the SPECT methodology and reviews the contribution of cerebral SPECT studies in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Several studies have shown a pattern of bilateral parietotemporal hypoperfu...

La desincronización interna como promotora de enfermedad y problemas de conducta

La desincronización interna como promotora de enfermedad y problemas de conducta SUMMARY Life on our planet is ruled by a temporary structure that governs our activities, our days and our calendars. In order to cope with a daily changing environment, organisms have developed adaptive strategies by exhibiting daily behavioral and physiological changes. Biological rhythms are properties conserved...