Harlequin Ichthyosis is an extremely rare genetic disorder of the skin with a mortality rate of 44%. It is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, pointing towards the role of consanguinity among parents as a contributing factor. We present a unique case of a Harlequin baby...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4289
The pediatric population is sensitive in every aspect. There are several parts of their bodies that need extreme levels of care and support until these children have reached a mature age. Similarly, there are several aspects of health that require immediate and urgent interventio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4290
Omnia Ahmed Samy, Mohamed Ramadan El-Shanshory, Amr Mohamed Tawfek El-Badry & Shymaa Mohamed El-Rifaey·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
Background: Leukemia is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called blasts or leukaemia cells. Aim of Work: Our study aimed to evaluate bone density by...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4288
Background: Nutritional status is considered the best indicator and a non-clinical approach to optimizing a child’s health care. It does not only directly reflect the socioeconomic status of the family but also, the efficiency of the health care system. The study aimed to assess...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4287
Summary: Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare and severe chronic inflammatory brain disease resulting in drug-resistant epilepsy and progressive hemispheric destruction with neurological deficit. ER is associated with deterioration of background EEG activity, progressive atrop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3284
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a vasculitis of unknown etiology commonly seen in infants and children. Children with Kawasaki disease are at risk for serious cardiovascular sequelae, especially coronary artery abnormalities, which can lead to myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4285
G. Uma Kalyani, Kola Srikanth Reddy, Rahamtulla Syed, M. V. Pradeep Muralidhar, Hanumanth Reddy & Chintha. Mahesh·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
Background: The use of liquid medicinal syrups in childhood to the reasons that children suffer from illness quite often. The acidic component in the formulations may cause erosive to the dental tissues. Aims: The aim of study was to test the erosivity of common Paedtric medicati...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4286
Objective: Dentist's gender and appearance, significantly, affect the child's acceptance and makes him cooperate better during the treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the preference of children aged 4 to 12 years regarding attire and gender of the dentist. Met...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3283
D-bifunctional protein deficiency (D-BP) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive peroxisomal disorder caused by a mutation in the HSD17B4 (5q23.1) gene. In this case series, we report three cases in which clinical signs appeared during the neonatal period. Two cases had early se...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3282
As the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease continues to evolve, researchers have proposed a number of hypotheses, from viral infections, genetic and environmental influences, to toxin-mediated autoinflammatory responses.More and more attention has been paid to the role of inflammati...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3281