Introduction: Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) refer to situations where chromosomal, gonadal or anatomical sex is atypical. We aimed to describe the baseline characteristics on clinical and etiological diagnosis of DSD in Senegalese children. Methods: This retrospective cohort...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i1317
Wandering spleen (WS) is a rare condition characterized by abnormal mobility of the spleen due to laxity or absence of its supporting ligaments. We report an exceptional case of WS in a pediatric patient who had previously undergone surgical repair for congenital diaphragmatic he...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i1315
Background: Neonatal sepsis is the third most common cause of death in newborns and a significant issue for public health, particularly in developing nations. This study aimed to assess the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) response in full-term and preterm newborns diagn...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i1314
This observational follow up study was carried in the Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Child and Mother Health (ICMH), Matuail, Dhaka, during November 2016 to December 2017, to determine the prognostic factors for assessment of the prognostic factors for abnormal neurodeve...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4311
Achenbach syndrome or paroxysmal hand hematoma is a rare and scantily found medical condition. It is a condition with benign, spontaneous, self-limiting focal hemorrhage under the skin, mostly located in the extremities of upper limb or lower limb, mostly displaying bluish discol...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4312
Introduction: Adams-Oliver's syndrome (SAO) is a rare genetic condition characterized by the association of lumb anomalies and Aplasia cutis congenita in vertex, often accompanied by underlying ossification defect and vascular lesions. The objective through this new observation i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4313
Nesma Ghareeb ElBaioumy, Walid Ahmed ElShehaby, Amany Mohammed ElGharib, Lamia Morad & Abeer Abdelrahman ElToukhy·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
Background: Congenital heart defects are the singular most common congenital anomalies and account for a significant fraction of childhood mortality and morbidity. Hearing impairment was the most frequent sensory deficit. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) was determined to assess...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4309
Background: Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is a prevalent etiology of respiratory distress (RD) in neonates. The condition is a result of the accumulation of fetal lung fluid owing to defective processes responsible for its removal. However, differentiating TTN from var...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4310
Like every other prevalent disease process, cardiovascular diseases pose a great risk for the morbidity and mortality of human beings. Pediatric cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents a broad spectrum of disorders that affect both the heart and blood vessels in the pediatric pop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4308
Background: The child and adolescent obesity have become a major public health problem. Selenoprotien p1 (SEPP1) is widely acknowledged to be among the most delicate functional indicators of Se status and it plays a role in the metabolism of Se and in anti-oxidative defense. So...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i4306