how to cite this article: barzegar m, habibi p, bonyady m, topchizadeh v, shiva sh. exon deletion pattern in duchene muscular dystrophy in north west of iran. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter; 9(1): 42-48. abstract objective duchene and becker muscular dystrophy (dmd/ bmd) are x-linked disorders that both are the result of heterogeneous mutations in the dystrophin gene. the frequency and distri...

The study evaluated whether durational and allophonic cues to word boundaries are intrinsic to syllable production, and so acquired with syllable structure, or whether they are suprasyllabic, and so acquired in phrasal contexts. Twenty preschool children (aged 3;6 and 4;6) produced: (1) single words with simple and complex onsets (e.g. nail vs. snail); and (2) two-word phrases with intervocalic...

In view of this ruling it seemed important to verify these statements by experiment. After testing the sensitivity of the reagents, I examined the nail parings' of forty under-trial prisoners and of twenty convicted prisoners from Meerut District Jail. The parings were taken by the jail barber using his ordinary instruments and without any special precautions against contamination. Of the 600 s...

This retrospective study reviews our results with intramedullary nail fixation of 37 fractures of the femur in 35 skeletally immature patients. Five of these fractures were open. Twenty-two patients (average age 12 + 9 years) were treated with reamed intramedullary nails. Fifteen patients (average age 9 + 6 years) were treated with nonreamed nails. All fractures united in 6-12 weeks. There were...

an 8-year old boy with polyarthritis and nail involvement is presented in this report. nail involvement in reiter's syndrome is a rare condition that may include painless erythematous nduration of the base of the nail fold; subungual parakeratotic scaling and thickening opacification, ridging of the nail plate.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of knee fixation without bone fusion using an intramedullary modular nail and interposed cement. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective study of 29 infected total knee arthroplasties with prospective data collection and a mean follow-up of 4.2 years (3-5). RESULTS Complications included 2 recurrent infections, 1 peri-implant fracture, and 1 cortical erosion due...

One study analyzed all visits to a nail consultation practice over a sixmonth period, revealing forty-four patients who had been prescribed the B-vitamin biotin. Of these, thirty-five who took daily supplementation were subjectively evaluated. Twenty-two of thirty-five (63 percent) showed clinical improvement and thirteen (37 percent) reported no change in their condition. The results of this r...

Two thousand six hundred and twenty five cases were examined in five different villages of Chitral to study the prevalence of skin disease. One thousand nine hundred and three (72.5%) were actually found to have a dermatological problem. Nail disorders (27.8%), pediculosis capitis (15.2%), branding (12.5%), mouth diseases (10.6%), hyperkeratosis (10.2%), cutaneous tumours (7.8%), eczema (6.6%),...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the health-related quality of life in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and its relationships with clinical, genetic, neuropsychological and emotional factors. DESIGN Case-control study of a continuous series of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty patients, and 20 age-, sex- and education-matched healthy controls underwent the MOS 36-Item Short...