3 results match your criteria: "University Hospital of Vigo (Meixoeiro)[Affiliation]"
First Cases of Severe Flaccid Paralysis Associated With Enterovirus D68 Infection in Spain, 2015-2016.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
December 2017
From the *Spanish National Poliovirus Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Institute of Health "Carlos III", Madrid, Spain; †Department of Pediatrics and **Department of Microbiology, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain; ‡Department of Pediatrics, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Autonoma University, Barcelona, Spain; §Department of Pediatrics and §§Department of Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Vigo (Alvaro Cunqueiro Hospital), Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain; ¶University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol School of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain; ‖Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Vigo (Meixoeiro Hospital), Vigo, Spain; ††Department of Microbiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; ‡‡Department of Microbiology, Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; and ¶¶National Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Health "Carlos III" and CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.
Article Synopsis
- Enterovirus D68 has been linked to respiratory infections and, more recently, to serious conditions like myelitis and paralysis.
- This report focuses on the first instances of Enterovirus D68 found in patients with acute flaccid paralysis in Spain.
- The detected cases occurred between December 2015 and March 2016, highlighting a growing concern about this virus's impact.
A novel MYH7 mutation links congenital fiber type disproportion and myosin storage myopathy.
Neuromuscul Disord
April 2011
Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital of Vigo (Meixoeiro), Vigo, Spain.
This study aimed to identify the genetic defect in a multigenerational family presenting an autosomal dominant myopathy with histological features of congenital fiber type disproportion. Linkage analysis and genetic sequencing identified, in all affected members of the family, the c.5807A>G heterozygous mutation in MYH7, which encodes the slow/β-cardiac myosin heavy chain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathology and diagnosis of muscular dystrophies.
Adv Exp Med Biol
April 2010
Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital of Vigo (Meixoeiro), Pontevedra, Spain.
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of muscle disorders predominantly affecting the pelvic and shoulder girdles. They have been classified into autosomal recessive and dominant forms, the former being by far the commonest. Genetic analyses have led to the description of 14 recessive forms and 7 dominant.
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