iodine is essential element in thyroid hormones synthesis and normal growth and development of the brain. milk and iodine concentrations can be appropriate indicator of body iodine status; in this study, we evaluated the concentrations of urine and milk iodine in newborns and their mothers.in a cross-sectional study conducted in 2013, urine and milk iodine in 106 neonates and their mothers refe...

background: cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is associated with significant maternal and fetal consequences. the aim of pre­sent study was to determine the current prenatal cmv seroprevalence in eastern azerbaijan and evaluate the routine labora­tory diagnostic techniques of anti-cmv immunoglobulin m (igm) and immunoglobulin g (igg). methods: during the present prospective cross-sectional study,...

severe congenital neutropenia is one of primary immunodeficiency disorders that characterized by severe neutropenia and is associated with severe systemic bacterial infections from  early  infancy.  granulocyte  colony  stimulating  factor  (gcsf)  is  clinically  used  as  a treatment for congenital and acquired neutropenia. the aim of this study was evaluation of gcsf (pd- grastim) in treatme...

in this descriptive study, researchers determined rate and type of newborn infants’ anomalies in rafsanjen niknafas hospital in 1991-1995.  this study is resulted from medical records of mothers referring to above mentioned center during five years. total number of child birth was 21187. 17321 was normal vaginal delivery and 3866 was cesarean section. because of unknown reasons, 57 infants were...

purpose : to report a case of congenital macular macrovessels case report : an 8-year-old girl was referred for decreased vision in her right eye. her best corrected visual acuity (bcva) in the right eye was 20/200 and in the left eye 20/20. anterior segment examinations were normal in both eyes. posterior segment examination of the right eye showed abnormal macrovessels crossing the macula and...

conclusions children with chd are at risk of severe complications with the involvement of other organs. long-term febrile illness should be taken seriously in these children. they need hospitalization and careful evaluation. case presentation a 6-year-old girl with a ventricular septal defect (vsd) was presented. echocardiography revealed large vegetation in the right ventricular outflow tract ...

Background: Goiter is not frequently seen in the neonatal period.Case report: We report the case of a full-term neonate who was born with anterior neck swelling and observed tosuffer from congenital goiter on examination. Thyroid function tests were within normal limits. Thyroid swellinggradually reduced in size during the 1st week of life. All the cases of congenital goiter t...

short rib polydactyly syndrome (srps) is a very rare congenital anomaly that is classified into four subtypes. it is an autosomal recessive inherited disease. we report a case of this syndrome without a previous family history of congenital defects.

Admas-Oliver syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease of congenital development defects association with aplasia cutis. All of 81 reported cases were of 32 group families. These two cases had congenital scalp cutis aplasia with developmental defect and hypoplasia of left foot digits in case 1.Congenital deaf-mute in both can added to the past known findings in this syndrome. Thoracic defor...