Introduction: Pediatric congenital and developmental disorders is common nowadays. That particularly occurs due to error in normal development of organ and tissue development. Genetic disorders affecting skeleton comprise a large group of clinically distinct and genetically heter...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i8375
Background: Neonatal tetanus (NNT) remains among the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality among neonates in Nigeria. Nigeria remains among the countries carrying the global NNT burden. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports have predicted that the pandemic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7374
Hypospadias is a birth defect that involves the development of a penile urethra that opens on the ventral side of the penis. Proximal hypospadias is one of the most severe forms of hypospadias that is generally associated with chordee. Hypospadias surgery, especially in the proxi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7373
Ohdo syndrome is extremely rare and comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by intellectual disability (ID) and typical facial features, including blepharophimosis, ptosis, dental hypoplasia, hearing impairment and intellectual disability. So far, fewer than 30...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7372
Low-grade gliomas (LGG) are primary tumors of the central nervous system, originating from malignant transformation of cells in the brain or spinal cord. They are distinct from metastatic cancers that spread to the CNS from other parts of the body. While low-grade gliomas can occ...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7370
This study highlights the profound impact of maternal health on offspring well-being through transgenerational effects, extending beyond direct genetic inheritance. It emphasizes epigenetic modifications, intrauterine environment, and maternal lifestyle factors, influencing fetal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7371
Edith Fernanda Villanueva-Méndez, Michelle Arias-Morales, Luis Ignacio Pérez-Velázquez, Gilberto Flores-Vargas, María de Jesús Gallardo-Luna, Efraín Navarro-Olivos, Ligia Gricelda Arce-Padilla, Ma. Dolores Mabel Salgado-Hernández, Laura Elena Escalera-Morales, Erick Olav Duran-Arredondo, Juan Carlos González-Araiza & Nicolas Padilla-Raygoza·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2024
Vaccination is a quick and effective way to protect the population against harmful diseases before coming into contact with pathogens in the external environment. One-third of deaths worldwide are caused by infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites. Over the y...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7369
The syndrome, first described in 1944 by William Allan, Florence C. Dudley, and C. Nash Herndon, is a syndrome which results of disturbed formation of two thyroid hormone transporters, MCT8 and Oatp1c1. Nearly 320 individuals of 132 families have been described with MCT-8 deficie...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7368
Objectives: To analyze the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and lung diseases (wet lung, RDS, BPD, pneumothorax) in preterm infants. Methods: Preterm infants (corrected gestational age <37 weeks) hospitalized in the neonatology department of Yan'...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7367
Background: The COVID pandemic had widespread impact on the world population, especially on health-care. This ranged from direct effects of the infection on populace, in addition to changing pattern of morbidity and mortality, children inclusive. Objectives: To compare the patter...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7366
Background: TRUENAT is a novel chip based test developed in India. Its use for pulmonary samples has been approved by World Health Organisation. Government of India has recently approved it for Extrapulmonary cases. Aim: To study the role of TRUENAT in diagnosis of Tubercular Men...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7364
Methamphetamine poisoning cases are increasing in the pediatric population secondary to its increased popularity among adults as a drug of abuse. We are reporting a case of one and half years old male toddler who presented in emergency with a history of ingestion of meth. After a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7365
Fahr's disease is a very rare condition characterized by abnormal, symmetrical, and bilateral deposits of calcifications in the basal ganglia without an identifiable cause. Fahr's disease must be differentiated from Fahr's syndrome, which is also a rare anatomo-clinical entity, c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7363
Background: Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by apical displacement of the tricuspid valve associated with atrialisation of the right ventricle. The defect arises from failure of the normal process by which the tricuspid valve is separated f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7362
Background: Infantile Hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common vascular tumors of infancy. Oral propranolol has achieved great success in treating IHs since 2008. Recently combined oral propranolol with intralesional injection of Triamcinolone acetonide is the effective method of tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i7361