Microcephaly, Intellectual Impairment, Bilateral Vesicoureteral Reflux, Distichiasis, and Glomuvenous Malformations AssociatedWith a 16q24.3 Contiguous Gene Deletion and a Glomulin Mutation Matthew G. Butler,* Susan L. Dagenais, Jose L. Garcia-Perez, Pascal Brouillard, Miikka Vikkula, Peter Strouse, Jeffrey W. Innis, and Thomas W. Glover Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medi...

congenital epulis is a very rare benign soft-tissue tumor of uncertain histogenesis, which is also known as “gingival granular cell tumor of the newborn”. it occurs almost exclusively as a single tumor along the alveolar ridge of the maxilla in newborn females. although congenital epulis is strikingly similar to the more common adult granular cell tumor histologically, in contrast to the latter...

one of the most preventable causes of mental and growth retardation is congenital hypothyroidism (ch). this study tries to investigate growth and mental outcome of patients with ch. since november 2006 and november 2007 in guilan province, north of iran, all neonates who were diagnosed with ch, evaluated for etiology of ch by laboratory follow up, thyroid sonography or scan. growth and developm...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to establish ophthalmic parameters in the Pomeranian dog breed. Schirmer tear test (STT), breakup time (TBUTT), Jones (JT), aesthesiometry, biomicroscopy, tonometry, non-contact specular microscopy (SM), ophthalmoscopy and ultrasonography (US) were carried out 48 eyes 24 male female dogs from a breeding kennel. Descriptive statistics applied for data ana...

introduction congenital microgastria is an extremely rare anomaly, which is due to failure of gastric development, and causes a tubular stomach with reduced capacity. it is almost always associated with other congenital anomalies. case presentation the patient was a two-month-old boy with microgastria in association with gastroesophageal reflux, tracheomalacia, and limb defect. discussion most ...