Brain cells that control the contraction or relaxation of muscles may be involved in Zika virus infection in the womb leading to a condition known as arthrogryposis, which causes joint deformities at ...

A new study out Tuesday links the Zika virus to a rare joint condition that can make it difficult or impossible for children to straighten their arms and legs. Children with the condition, called ...

Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurobehavioral disorder first described in 1956. 1 It is the most frequent syndrome with chromosomal microdeletions, and the most common type of obesity of genetic ...

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita. These were the first-ever three magical words of my life that decided the route for years to come. I was a child when I first heard this tongue-twistery name and it ...

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More details have been uncovered of an association between Zika virus infection in the womb and a condition known as arthrogryposis, which causes joint deformities at birth, particularly in the arms ...

Arthrogryposis is a name given to a large group of medical conditions in which multiple joints are severely fixed and immobilized by the formation of contractures present at birth, but not progressing ...

Using whole-exome sequencing (WES) technique, we demonstrate that two independent Korean kindred of congenital arthrogryposis multiplex without typical features of Escobar syndrome showing severe ...

Gina Ravenscroft receives funding from the NHMRC, WA Department of Health and the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM). Michelle Giles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...