MARTINELLI I.

Hirayama disease is a rare neurological disease affecting primarily men in the second to third decades. To date there are only few reports from Italy. We report the case of three young basketball players who presented with clinical, electrophysiological and MRI findings suggestive for Hirayama disease. Although the pathophysiology of the...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder with an unknown etiology and no effective treatment, and is characterized by large phenotypic heterogeneity, including variable sites, ages of symptom onset and rates of disease progression. Increasing data support the role of the microbiota-immunity axis in the pathogenesis of...