how to cite this article:  inaloo s, katibeh p. guillain-barre syndrome presenting with bilateral facial nerve palsy. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter;8(1):69-71. objective this case study is about an 11-year-old girl with bilateral facial weakness, abnormal taste sensation, and deep tendon reflexes of both knees and ankles were absent. however, the muscle power of the lower and upper extremiti...

Werner’s syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease that causes premature ageing accompanied by an increased susceptibility to cancer. The causative gene (W R N) codes for a DNA helicase. Worldwide, 1200 patients have been reported from 1904 to 1996; 845 from Japan. Patients are distributed all over Japan. But how widely distributed is the mutated WRN gene in the general population? We previous...

A previously healthy, 21-year-old female nonsmoker sought emergency room treatment complaining of recent and progressive swelling of the face, neck, and chest (Figure 1). The patient reported no pain, dyspnea, or dysphagia at admission. She reported a brief history of odynophagia in the previous week, when, during an episode of cough, she felt intense (dissecting) retrosternal pain, which subsi...

introduction the dexamethasone test has been widely used for diagnosing hypercortisolism. materials and methods we assessed the relationship between the basal and suppressed cortisol values in urine and plasma during a low-dose dexamethasone test in patients with proved cushing&apos;s disease. results a statistically highly significant correlation was found (for urine cortisol: r = 0.66, p <0.0...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and related factors in mothers of&nbsp;children with Down syndrome. Methods: The study method was correlation-survey (sectional). Sampling was based on the&nbsp;available population. The research population consisted of all mothers of children with Down&nbsp;syndrome referred to the Down Syndrome Center: out of them 70 mothers of chil...

how to cite this article: arzanian mt, shamsian bsh, karimzadeh p, kajiyazdi m, malek f, hammoud m. posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in pediatric hematologic-oncologic disease: literature review and case presentation. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):1-10. objective posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (pres) is a cliniconeuroradiological disease entity, which is repres...