Sentences with phrase «axonal neuropathy»

Guy McKhann of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, began research on what was to become known as AMAN (acute motor axonal neuropathy)-- a type of GBS — in 1990 while on a visit to Beijing pediatric hospitals.

Even small defects in the genes that assemble tubulin are associated with serious developmental disorders, such as Kenny - Caffey syndrome and Giant Axonal Neuropathy.

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Furthermore, the success of this project can lead to the development of novel axon - regenerating therapeutics that could transform the clinical treatment of angle - closure glaucoma and other types of optic neuropathies, as well as have the potential to be adapted to regenerating the long - distance axonal projections damaged by spinal cord injury, brain trauma, and white matter stroke.