mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases (msmd) is a rare inheritance syndrome, characterized by a disseminated infection with mycobacterium in children following bcg vaccination at birth. regarding the vaccination program in iran, it may consider as a public health problem. the pathogenesis of msmd is dependent on either insufficient production of ifn-gamma (γ) or inadequate response...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The prevalence of anaemia has been well studied particularly on etiology of nutritional anaemia in children of age group 5-10.9 yr in India. The present study was carried out to find out the prevalence and etiology of nutritional anaemia among 5 to 10.9 yr old corporation school children from urban slums. METHODS Urban Delhi slums were divided into four areas and one c...

introduction: megaloblasc anemia is an uncommon problem in childhood most frequently associated with vitamin deficiency or gastrointesnal disease. the common causes of megaloblasc anemia are vitamin b12 (cobalamin) deficiency and folic acid deficiency. familial selecve malabsorpon of vitamin b12 associated with proteinuria firstly was described by imerslund (1960) and grasbeck et al (1960)...

INTRODUCTION Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist deficiency is a rare autoinflammatory disease involving neonatal onset of pustulosis, periostitis, and sterile osteomyelitis. The underlying genetic abnormality involves a recessive mutation in IL1RN, which encodes interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. In this case report, we describe a case of a 12-year-old Turkish girl who initially was presented at...