BACKGROUND
This study was conducted to investigate CTNS (cystinosin, lysosomal cystine transporter) gene mutations and the clinical spectrum of nephropathic cystinosis among patients diagnosed with the disease in a single center in Turkey.
METHODS
Patients' clinical and laboratory data were
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical features of hyperemesis gravidarum in Eastern Asian women.
METHODS
Retrospective cohort study was conducted based on delivery records. Hyperemesis gravidarum was defined as a pregnancy with severe nausea and vomiting necessitating hospitalization with a body
The beliefs of a sample of 41 mothers, from the Benabena region of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, about malnutrition were studied. Information was obtained, by using an open-ended questionnaire, about recognition of malnutrition and beliefs associated with aetiology, sequelae, prevention
A 21-year-old male patient from Borna, Saxony, in Eastern Germany, suffered from acute kidney injury (AKI) and symptoms typical for a hantavirus infection. These symptoms included nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and acute renal failure. Serological investigations by indirect IgM and IgG
Eighty-one (71.7%) out of 113 patients had confirmed dengue infection (using ELISA IgM serology) at Kassala, Eastern Sudan during the period of August through November 2010. According to the WHO criteria, dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) were
BACKGROUND
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus is an arbovirus that mostly causes asymptomatic infection in humans; however, some people can develop a neuroinvasive infection associated with a high mortality.
METHODS
We present a case of a patient with severe neuroinvasive EEE.
RESULTS
A
BACKGROUND
Scorpionism is a serious public health problem in Brazil. Although cases of envenomation by scorpions are frequent in Brazil, Tityus silvestris - found throughout the Amazon region - is considered of minor medical significance and with only a few descriptions in the literature. This
OBJECTIVE
To gauge the views of mothers and other caregivers on the use of traditional remedies in the community.
METHODS
Descriptive study.
METHODS
Five health centres affiliated to the UNITRA, Faculty of Health Sciences.
METHODS
Medical students administered a questionnaire to mothers and other
BACKGROUND
Information on pattern of menstruation and its implications is lacking amongst adolescents in Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the characteristics of menstruation amongst adolescent Igbo school girls with respect to the biosocial characteristics, the pattern of menstruation, associated
Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) use in Nigeria is currently far short of the national Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD) programme goals. Towards designing health education strategies to improve this, maternal lay health concerns during diarrhoea in under-fives were examined among two large ethnic
Introduction: Ocular cysticercosis is a preventable cause of blindness. It is caused by parasitic infestation caused by the larval form of Taenia solium. Poor sanitation and improper management of food and meat products are the major
BACKGROUND
To determine the incidence of Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in a high risk surgical group following studies in other predominately black populations that showed a lower rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting than that reported from Caucasian and Oriental
Using the clinical case definition adopted by the World Health Organization, a total of 275 suspected cases of measles were enrolled in this study during January-March 2012 in Kassala Teaching Hospital, Eastern Sudan. Various clinical manifestations (fever, headache, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis,
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) was diagnosed in a flock of emus in southeastern Louisiana. The outbreak involved juvenile and adult breeders ranging in age from 20 to 36 months, with an attack rate of 76% and a case fatality rate of 87%. The diagnosis was confirmed by isolation and
Acute renal failure is a significant complication of falciparum malaria and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It occurs rarely in children and is seen frequently among the adults. Malaria associated renal failure may occur as a sole complication or as a component of multiple
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