Publications by authors named "Randi Skarpaas Tranheim"
Objective: To compare the effect of the programs of IAHP and FHC with ordinary community-based programs.
Method: Two-year observational study of two groups of children aged 2-15 years who were following the IAHP and FHC programs (N = 18) or community-based programs (N = 17), with additional material from interviews with parents, and a retrospective study (N = 9) based on file records and parent interviews.
Results: Changes in motor and cognitive function, language and behavior in the IAHP/FHC group well below the claims made by these programs, and few differences between this group and the comparison group.
We describe two Norwegian children with fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy in whom Coats' disease, deafness, mental retardation and possible epilepsy were the presenting features. The children have a 4q35 deletion giving a small residual repeat fragment that they have inherited from their father who is a mosaic. Fundal changes consistent with bilateral Coats' disease were found in both children.
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