objective: vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) have emerged worldwide and have become an increasing problem in clinical settings. acquired glycopeptide resistance in enterococcus species is due to the acquisition of van a, van b, van d, van c and van e genes, resulting in the production of peptidoglycan precursors with reduced affinity for glycopeptide antibiotics. the origin of these van ge...

how to cite this article : aminzadeh v, hassanzadeh rad a. a report of guillain–barré syndrome with myalgiaand mild weakness. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring; 8(2):70-72.   we report a rare case that revealed severe myalgia as the chief complaint that is not mentioned in the list of frequent symptoms of guillain barré. guillain-barré syndrome (gbs) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyne...

Een Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder kan een relevante rol spelen in de etiologie van epilepsie, ook op volwassenleeftijd. Hieronder volgen twee casussen die dit onderschrijven, gevolgd door interne audit en overzicht vande literatuur.

Einen Riesenrummel löste der erste öffentliche Vortrag von Mesut Yilmaz, ehemals türkischer Ministerpräsident und nun für zwei Semester RUB-Gastprofessor, aus. Neben vielen Journalisten und Pressefotografen (s. Foto) fanden sich vor dem Haus der Geschichte auch etwa 70 Demonstranten ein, die friedlich mit Transparenten und PortAnzeige Galerie Hebler 2 sp/112 112 x 112 mm Auftrag Nr. 74-30-2 Kul...

ganglioside antibodies with lipopolysaccharide fractions of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). J Neuroimmunol 1997;73:28–36. 7. Jacobs BC, Endtz HP, van der Meché FGA, Hazenberg MP, de Klerk MA, van Doorn PA. Humoral immune response against Campylobacter jejuni lipopolysaccharides in Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndrome. J Neuroimmunol 1997;79:6...

Elevated levels of glycine in the CSF have recently been documented in van der Knaap syndrome (diffuse leukoencephalopathy associated with cystic degeneration of the white matter). This report describes a patient affected with the syndrome in whom proton MR spectroscopy showed probable glycine peaks at 3.50 ppm in the brain parenchyma. An experimental study with a superconducting 9.397-T labora...

The Ellis-van Creveld (EVC) syndrome is a chondroectodermal dysplasia and is characterized by the cardinal features of disproportionate short stature, polydactyly, hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, and congenital heart malformations, along with other skeletal and dental abnormalities. It is a rare condition, with very few cases reported in the medical literature. It is inherited as an autosomal re...

Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome is a rare disease characterized by precocious puberty associated with prolonged hypothyroidism and multicystic enlarged ovaries. A9 year-old girl with Down syndrome visited our hospital for early menarche. At birth, she showed subclinical hypothyroidism (11.8 mg/dL of thyroxine (T4) and 6.05 mIU/mL of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)), but she had not been followed up...

Ellis Van Creveld syndrome is a disease complex where all the three embryonic layers appear to be involved. This disorder is also called chondro ectodermal dysplasia or meso ectodermal dysplasia. It is a part of an emerging class of diseases called ciliopathies due to primary dysfunction of cilia. It is very rare; only about 150 cases have been described in the world literature and rarely been ...