FINAL PLEA FOR CONSERVATION OF GAULTHERIA AKAENSIS PANDA AND SANJAPPA (ERICACEAE), AN EXTREMELY THREATENED, ENDEMIC MEDICINAL PLANT FROM AKA HILL IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH OF EASTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA

Since its discovery in 2002 from Aka Hill in Arunachal Pradesh, the population of Gaultheria akaensis Panda and Sanjappa, a Critically Endangered, endemic medicinal plant is on the verge of extinction and currently represented hot pink softball glove by two individuals only.No trace of this species found in other Himalayan parts of India as well in

Background: Most cases of hemifacial spasm result from mechanical compression at the root exit zone of the facial nerve by vascular loops, and only a few cases are caused by vestibular schwannoma.Case presentation: We report a case of symptomatic hemifacial spasm induced by a small vestibular schwannoma that was totally resected.A 64-year-old man w

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