arthrogryposis in a sentence
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- Dr . Stephen Burke, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, also took his team to Italy last month, examining about 30 children with symptoms of arthrogryposis.
- Dundar et al . described patients with Mental Motor Retardation, ocular abnormality, dysmorphic facial appearance, long fingers, and distal arthrogryposis with severely adducted thumbs and clubfeet in Turkish family in 1997.
- The malformations of arthrogryposis can be secondary to environmental factors such as : decreased intrauterine movement, oligohydramnios ( low volume or abnormal distribution of intrauterine fluid ), and defects in the fetal blood supply.
- Other mutations that could cause arthrogryposis are : single gene defects ( X-linked recessive, autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant ), mitochondrial defects and chromosomal disorders ( for example : trisomy 18 ).
- Competitors with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and arthrogryposis were not eligible for classification by CP-ISRA, but were eligible for classification by International Sports Organisation for the Disabled for the Games of Les Autres.
- The disorder, called arthrogryposis multiplex congenital, is typically the result of a fetus that has too little room to move in the uterus, causing protective tissue to grow around the joints and fixing them in position.
- It is no longer a common operation, but is still used in cases of a deformed calcaneus, foot paralysis following poliomyelitis, and rigid clubfoot deformities that are secondary to spina bifida or arthrogryposis ( AMC ).
- A missense mutation R174Q, a nonsense mutation R156X, and three single residue deletions DE167, DK175 and DK176, all in the C-terminal actin-tropomyosin interacting domain, have been found in patients with distal arthrogryposis.
- When they are poisoned by " C . maculatum " during the fetus'organ formation period, the offspring is born with malformations, mainly palatoschisis and multiple congenital contractures ( MCC; frequently described as arthrogryposis ).
- Martina's particular type of arthrogryposis _ meaning " stiff joints " _ occurs in one out of perhaps 50, 000 births, said Dr . Stephen Burke, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery.