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Migrazioni e cittadinanza nell’era della globalizzazione: riflessioni di un comparatista, tr.it., della relazione Migrações e cidadania na era da globalização: reflexões de um comparatista tenuta al Colóquio fundação e migrações. Civilização e trabalho italiano, organizzata dalla Prefeitura di São Paulo nei giorni 8-10 settembre 2004 per il 450° anniversario della fondazione della città
Applicabilità del diritto italiano al cittadino mussulmano: il minore «a carico» può ricongiungersi alla madre, cittadina del Marocco, in Italia con permesso di soggiorno (Nota a Cass., sez. I, 9 giugno 2005, n. 12169, Min. int. c. Merkous)
Role of the EMG in the congenital hypotonia with favorable outcome
BACKGROUND: Since hypotonia is the phenotype of several clinical conditions that do not always lead to a favorable outcome, prompt diagnosis is important. Congenital Hypotonia with Favorable Outcome (CHFO), an underestimated condition, should be rapidly differentiated from other more serious hypotonic states by means of simple, effective and only slightly invasive instrumental diagnostic examinations.
AIM: We analyzed the electromyographic data of a group of patients with CHFO and compared them with data taken from their muscle biopsies to evidence the utility of the electromyographic study (EMG) in this condition.
METHODS: We performed EMG, nerve conduction study (NCS) and muscle biopsy on 41 subjects with a diagnosis of CHFO (age range 9 months to 12 years, mean age, 6.7 years).
RESULTS: No specific EMG findings were observed. Muscle biopsy was normal in all subjects, and we obtained concordance between biopsy and EMG in 85% of the subjects (35/41).
CONCLUSION: A normal EMG examination helps investigators to exclude several neurological diseases characterized by hypotonia and it can provide valuable complementary information to confirm the clinical diagnosis of CHFO
Analisi sperimentale dei criteri di proporzionamento e verifica delle vasche di sedimentazione finale
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