Publications by authors named "M Luz Arenas-Sordo"
Introduction: The management of hip dislocation in patients older than 9 years of age is a challenge in terms of deciding which is the best treatment course to follow since the main sequelae are as follows: pain, discrepancy in the length of the pelvic extremities and lame gait, with the consequent disability for activities of daily living. In Ho Choi, Thabet A mention limited treatment options, including total hip arthroplasty and hip arthrodesis. These options have their benefits and limitations.
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- Usher syndrome is a common cause of combined vision and hearing problems, but it can be tricky to diagnose because other similar conditions exist.
- Researchers studied 59 patients from Mexico and Iran who had both retinal degeneration and hearing loss to understand the genetic causes better.
- They found that most patients had specific gene mutations linked to Usher syndrome, with a high success rate in identifying these genetic issues, which can help guide treatment and counseling for the affected families.
Cerebral palsy describes a group of movement and posture disorders that cause activity limitation, and are attributable to nonprogressive disorders that occur in the fetal or infant brain. The growth of these children should not be compared with those of the healthy population. We studied 452 children, 186 female and 266 male.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel pathogenic variants underlie SLC26A4-related hearing loss in a multiethnic cohort.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
October 2017
Objectives: The genetics of sensorineural hearing loss is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity. Despite this heterogeneity, DNA variants found within SLC26A4 have been reported to be the second most common contributor after those of GJB2 in many populations.
Methods: Whole exome sequencing and/or Sanger sequencing of SLC26A4 in 117 individuals with sensorineural hearing loss with or without inner ear anomalies but not with goiter from Turkey, Iran, and Mexico were performed.