Epilepsy with intelligence impairment, restricted to the female sex, is a rare X-linked epilepsy syndrome. It is characterized by febrile or afebrile seizures, mainly tonic-clonic, but also absence, myoclonic, and atonic beginning in the first years of life. In most cases, develo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3275
Spinal muscular atrophies are inherited diseases in which nerve cells in the spinal cord and brainstem regress, causing progressive muscle weakness and wasting. There are five main types of spinal muscular atrophy, which are classified according to the severity of muscle weakness...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3274
The main focus of this study lies in assessing the impact of increased physical activities and fitness of children on their studies. Parents and teachers are seen to play a very important role in the upbringing of toddlers. It is their positive or negative influence that shapes t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3270
The most common symptoms of asthma include episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, and cough. When a person develops asthma in their childhood, it is usually seen to arise as a consequence of hay fever or allergic rhinitis and eczema, or atopic dermatitis. Maternal factors dur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3271
Background: Sternal tuberculosis is an uncommon form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and it can be a diagnostic challenge for pediatricians. Case Presentation: We report the case of a young 14-year-old boy, who had a gradually increasing swelling of the sternum over the past 2 mon...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3273
A. Thirumagal Anuraaga, Veena Shivanna, Nagalakshmi Chowdhary, V. Rajashekar Reddy, D. Sharmila & Aishwarya Agarwal·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
Ankyloglossia is a congenital disorder that develops when the inferior lingual frenulum is excessively short and attaches to the tip of the tongue, restricting its movements. It results in limited tongue mobility, which in turn affects speech and also leads to growth discrepancie...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i3269
Pancreatic cysts are rare lesions in newborns. Prenatal diagnosis of true congenital pancreatic cyst is rare and many times cystic lesion on prenatal scans confused with mesenteric cyst, ovarian cyst, and left renal cyst. Here we report a newborn presented with antenatally detect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i2268
Introduction: Neonatal morbidity and mortality continue to be serious public health issues in developing countries, where it also has a considerable impact on the under-five mortality rate. Aims: To determine the causes of morbidity and mortality in neonates admitted to the inbor...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i2267
Coma is defined as the unintentional failure of the patient to open their eyes spontaneously or in response to noise and inability to open for commands or localised painful stimuli with or without the ability to express comprehensible words or language response, whereas the Non t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i2266
The incidence of HPIV infection in children is on the rise, particularly following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, which presents a potential risk to the health of children. Objective: This study aims to investigate the epidemiological and clinical features of human parainfluenza vi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v13i2265