573 Abstract: The anatomical variations of the brachial plexus in human have clinical significance to surgeons, radiologists and anatomists. We studied some variations in the formation of 130 brachial plexuses in sixty-five infant cadavers (34 males, 31 females; aged 1-7 days). The brachial plexus consisted of the 5, 6, 7, and 8 cervical spinal nerves and 1 thoracic spinal nerve (69.23%). We fo...

Curr Pediatr Res 2017 Volume 21 Issue 2 233 cause of pure monoplegia. A variety of disorders affect the brachial plexus and the cervical radicals inside the cervical canal such as trauma, inflammation, vasculitis or malignancies [1-3]. Pain followed by weakness is a feature of either spinal cord compression or plexitis. In cord lesions the symptoms depend on the degree of cord impingement and d...

BACKGROUND In a meta-analysis, we investigated the effects of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in comparison to placebo or other classes of antihypertensive drugs on endothelial function, which was measured by brachial flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD). METHODS We searched for randomized controlled trials that compared ARBs with placebo or other classes of antihypertensive drugs in improvi...