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In order to develop quantitative criteria for normal lateral ventricular dimensions, 70 cerebral computed tomographic scans of premature infants were reviewed and 31 normal scans were selected as suitable for establishing cerebroventricular indices. In 15 normal premature infants of less than 32 weeks gestational age the mean bifrontal index was 0.28 +/- 0.05, the mean bicaudate index 0.10 +/- 0.02, and the mean bioccipital index 0.19 +/- 0.05. In 16 normal premature infants of more than 32 weeks gestational age the mean bifrontal, bicaudate, and bioccipital indices were 0.26 +/- 0.06, 0.11 +/- 0.03, and 0.17 +/- 0.04, respectively. No statistically significant differences were found in the values of the indices between the two groups, which demonstrates the uniformity of the ventricular size in normal premature infants.
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Ventrículos Cerebrais/anatomia & histologia , Recém-Nascido Prematuro , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Idade Gestacional , Humanos , Recém-NascidoRESUMO
The Aarskog syndrome is characterized by short stature, peculiar facies, shawl scrotum, cryptorchism, broad, short hands and hyperextensibility of the proximal interphalangeal joints. A boy with typical features of the Aarskog syndrome is presented. The proband's mother, sister and grandmother were short and strongly resembled him. Palmar dermatoglyphics showed the presence of whorls in the interdigital areas of the affected mother and son and the absence of this pattern on the palms of the sister.
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Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Adolescente , Dermatoglifia , Face/anormalidades , Feminino , Deformidades Congênitas da Mão , Humanos , Masculino , Linhagem , Escroto/anormalidades , SíndromeAssuntos
Dermatoglifia , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Masculino , IugosláviaRESUMO
The cause of a seventeen-year-old female patient with septo-optic dysplasia and pituitary dwarfism is presented. Mental retardatin and epilepsy, in addition to absence of the septum pellucidum, point to a widespread lesion of the central nervous system. There is unilateral hypoplasia of the optic nerve. She is of small stature. The dynamic pituitary tests point to deficiency of GH, TSH and ACTH, and an adequate reserve of prolactin, gonadotropins and vasopressin. TSH insufficiency is probably of primary pituitary origin.
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Nanismo Hipofisário/diagnóstico , Quiasma Óptico/anormalidades , Nervo Óptico/anormalidades , Septo Pelúcido/anormalidades , Adolescente , Epilepsia/complicações , Feminino , Humanos , Deficiência Intelectual/complicações , Testes de Função Hipofisária , SíndromeAssuntos
Dermatoglifia , Mãos , Miopia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Manifestações CutâneasAssuntos
Dermatoglifia , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Genética Populacional , Humanos , Masculino , IugosláviaRESUMO
An analysis of the digito-palmar dermatoglyphs obtained from 231 inhabitants of the Island of Hvar, divided into two groups according to some sociocultural differences, is presented. The quantitative features do not reveal heterogeneity between the groups, while some qualitative palmar dermatoglyphic features are statistically significantly different. The results are discussed in the light of the possible influence of some different evolutionary processes.
