Infantile Paralysis

Infantile Paralysis

Familial infantile scoliosis associated with bilateral paralysis of conjugate gaze.

A family with two sibs suffering from idiopathic infantile scoliosis associated with bilateral paralysis of conjugate gaze is reported. Although the parental consanguinity and the involvement of patients of both sexes in this family are suggestive of an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, a dominant or multifactorial pattern remains a possibility.

The great scourge: the Tasmanian infantile paralysis epidemic, 1937–1938

The volume takes up Roger Cooter's suggestion that the history of the Red Cross in different national contexts would give a picture of "the role of complex political negotiations between conflicting military, medical, and philanthropic interests", largely concentrating on the first two factors. Early chapters describe the international Red Cross, the setting up of the Dutch organization in 1867...

A Note on the Early History of Infantile Paralysis in the United States *

Summaries of the early history of poliomyelitis may be found in articles by Hutchins8 and by Ruhriah and Mayer"4. Consequently, details of this story, which emanates almost entirely from European sources, will not be reviewed here except as they concern one scanty observation on the disease in this country during the first half of the nineteenth century. It is generally agreed that the English ...

Novel missense mutation in ALS2 gene results in infantile ascending hereditary spastic paralysis.

OBJECTIVE Recessive mutations in ALS2 (juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) are causative for early-onset upper motor neuron diseases, including infantile ascending hereditary spastic paralysis (IAHSP). The goal of this study is to identify novel disease-causing ALS2 mutations. METHODS Mutations in ALS2 were screened by direct sequencing of complementary DNA obtained from patients' lymphob...