conclusions getting a complete knowledge of the condition and evaluating different treatment modalities to treat thoracic insufficiency syndrome. results a direct enlargement of the thorax that will thus provide sufficient space for lung growth; the correction of both the three-dimensional thoracic deformity and the progressive scoliosis. recent findings have revealed that veptr instrumentation...

purpose: to report a case of unilateral severe visual loss and bilateral optic disc cupping secondary to brain metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma patient and findings: a 48 year-old woman presented with severe visual loss of left eye without redness or pain or any systemic findings .clinical findings included decreased visual acuity of left eye to 4 m cf and (+3) positive marcus-gunn reflex ....

ABSTRACT THE REQUIREMENT OF SONIC HEDGEHOG IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS Solsire E. Zevallos Douglas J. Epstein Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a morphogen secreted during early development that is required for the formation of the ventral neural tube, including the ventral forebrain. The prechordal source of Shh underlying the forebrain is required early to bifurcate the cerebral hemispheres and eye vesicles as...