A. Fabrocini, F. Arias de Saavedra, G. Co’, and P. Folgarait Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy Departamento de Fisica Moderna, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Lecce, I-73100 Lecce, Italy Centro Ricerche e Sviluppo, Gruppo Lucchini, I-57...

Growth failure is a common presentation of patients with pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis. However, full blown kwashiorkor is extremely rare. Cystic fibrosis is also considered to be rare in the South Asian population. This report describes a Sri Lankan infant with cystic fibrosis who presented with clinical features of severe kwashiorkor.

Abstract Background Acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) catalyzes the final step in triglyceride (TG) synthesis and is highly expressed enterocytes (EC). DGAT1 deficiency (DGAT1D) a rare autosomal recessive protein losing enteropathy (PLE) classified as congenital diarrheal disorder (CDD). Presumably, fat ingestion causes accumulation of substrates within EC causing lipotoxicity-i...

STUDY DESIGN A clinical and cohort study. OBJECTIVE The first purpose of this study was to investigate the standard value of a simple foot tapping test (FTT) in a large healthy population. The second purpose was to elucidate the validity of FTT as a quantitative assessment of lower extremity motor function for cervical compressive myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Several clinical perf...

Background & Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the yield of screening for celiac disease in children with failure to thrive and with or without chronic diarrhea. Methods: In this prospective study, 144 children aged 1-14 years and weighed below the fifth percentile with or without chronic diarrhea were studied during six months in 2010. Sample collection was done in the private offic...

Unicef estimates that over 220 million children aged less than 5 years in the developing world have significantly impaired growth. The South Asian region is perhaps worst affected, being home to more than half of all the underweight children in the world. This article considers the relevance of new evidence on the epidemiology and impact of postnatal depression in South Asia on poor infant grow...

1. Plot growth data accurately. 2. Delineate the percentage of normal infants who experience a downward shift of growth between 3 and 18 months of life. 3. Describe the common bases for failure to thrive and the approximate percentages of patients who have these etiologies. 4. Characterize the mainstay of intervention for failure to thrive. 5. Describe the effect of failure to thrive on future ...

Ganglioneuroma is a very rare cause of chronic diarrhea in children. This benign tumor usually presents with diarrhea and failure to thrive. It is necessary for physicians to be familiar with this rare cause of chronic diarrhea. Here we present and discuss such a case.