although food allergy is a major public health problem, currently there is no effective and safe treatment except to avoid the foods .but the need for new options is critical now as the number of children diagnosed with food allergies rises. avoiding the offending allergen in the diet is the primary treatment of food allergy. once a food to which the patient is sensitive has been identified, th...

Autoimmune hepatitis is defined as chronic liver disease of unknown aetiology with aberrant auto-reactivity and genetic predisposition, characterized by female predominance, circulating auto-antibodies, hypergammaglobulinemia and association with HLA DR3 and HLA DR4. We present two patients with autoimmune hepatitis. The first patient is a young lady who was diagnosed with autoimmune chronic he...

As an emerging interdisciplinary field, oncofertility bridges oncology, reproductive endocrinology, and infertility with the goal of expanding reproductive options for women with cancer. Oncofertility is currently gaining significant attention from professionals in many related fields and is undergoing considerable scrutiny in part because of the many compelling ethical dilemmas it raises. To i...

Background: When actual measurement of stature cannot be done, other surrogate parameters can be used to predict stature. Stature in clinical medicine and in the field of scientific research can be easily estimated using various anthropometric parameters like arm span, knee height, foot length and breadth etc. Arm span has been proven to be one of the most reliable predictors. Thus this study w...

The preceding fourteen chapters have been written at a good time to take stock of the field of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). The extraordinary discoveries made over the last decade or so about a phenomenon that has been around for over four decades seem to have attained a mature state. Thousands of bursts have been observed, classified and followed up and it is now the special and rare cases, that a...

Nitrogen rate and time of application are among the major abiotic factors limiting productivity maize. The research was, therefore, carried out to examine response two maize varieties (Omankwa Pioneer hybrid) four different times N : P K 15 fertilizer during growing season in Ghana. experiment was arranged a randomized complete block design with eight treatment combinations three replications. ...