Author/Authors :
Soltani، Babak Soltani نويسنده MD,1.Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences,Kashan, Iran , , Karimi، Abdollah نويسنده , , Fahimzad، Alireza Fahimzad نويسنده Associate Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases,Faculty of Medicine,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Talebian ، Mahshid نويسنده Pediatric Surgery Research Center, Mofid Childrens Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,
Abstract :
ObjectiveA 4-month-old female with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type II was admitted in PICU of our center due to severe respiratory distress and fever with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia, and mechanical ventilation was initiated. Due to severe hypotonia, NCV and EMG were performed, and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type I was diagnosed.