Abstract Analbuminemia is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by extremely low or zero levels of circulating serum albumin. The diagnosis made ruling out other causes hypoalbuminemia and should be confirmed gene mutation analysis. In this article, we describe the clinical findings preterm neonate born to consanguineous family who presented with progressive lower limb edema at age 7...

Introduction Preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world. Preterm birth results in 75% of neonatal mortality. We sought to identify risk factors which cause preterm birth. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study assessed all preterm neonates born in Asali Hospital in Khorram Abad (either by NVD or C/S) during the first 6 months of 2007. Sampling method was censu...

Pulmonary artery sling is an uncommon entity in the neonatal period. It defined as abnormally originated left pulmonary arising from posterior aspect of right artery. Because associated structures this region, mostly originating sixth aortic arch, tracheobronchial anomalies and congenital heart defects, it frequently accompanies sling. Etiology has not been determined to date. Surgical correcti...