Congenital Bilateral Anomaly of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon Without Thenar Atrophy: A Case Report.

In this case report, we describe an adult patient with bilateral congenital absence of the m. flexor pollicis longus (FPL) without any other anomalies or thenar atrophy. The FPL muscle acts to flex the thumb and is innervated by the anterior interosseous nerve.

The use of WhatsApp Messenger: an important tool in modern neurological examination.

WhatsApp Messenger is one of the most popular and still growing mobile applications worldwide in telemedicine. WhatsApp Messenger can be used as a communication tool and an adjunctive tool within telemedicine, but it is the ability or inability to use WhatsApp Messenger correctly that provides a powerful clinical neurological function tool. The easy use and the application's popularity make it extremely useful in obtaining clues in patients' neurological history.

Reproducibility of Cutaneous Vascular Conductance Responses to Slow Local Heating Assessed Using seven-Laser Array Probes.

Objective: Gradual local heating of the skin induces a largely NO-mediated vasodilatation. However, use of this assessment of microvascular health is limited because little is known about its reproducibility.

Methods: Healthy volunteers (n = 9) reported twice to the laboratory.