Infantile or Malignant osteopetrosis is a rare congenital disorder of bone resorption. It is caused by failure of osteoclasts to reabsorb immature bone. Severe infantile or malignant osteopetrosis present at birth or develops within the first few months of life. We are reporting here a case of two siblings with malignant osteopetrosis. Prominent clinical features included marked pallor, noisy r...

BACKGROUND Krabbe disease is a rare neurodegenerative genetic disorder caused by deficiency of galactocerebrosidase. Patients with the infantile form of Krabbe disease can be treated at a presymptomatic stage with human stem cell transplantation which improves survival and clinical outcomes. However, without a family history, most cases of infantile Krabbe disease present after onset of symptom...

infantile haemangiomas (ih) are the most common vascular tumors occurring in early childhood, with a prevalence of approximately 5-10% of infants. these vascular tumors are divided into two main groups including infantile haemangioma and vascular malformations. although, haemangioma of infancy are common, benign and self-limited tumors, a significant percent of these lesions are associated with...

Abstract Background Infantile Fibrosarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumor in infants and children mostly located in extremities. An infantile and adult form has similar histopathological patterns but survival prognosis is much better in infantile form. Recurrence of infantile fibrosarcoma is common but the rates of metastasis are less than 10 percent in children younger than five Years and 50 p...

Temporal changes and altitudinal distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in 1 mountain lakes 2 3 Zuzana Čuperová, Evelyn Holzer, Ivette Salka, Ruben Sommaruga, Michal 4 Koblížek 5 6 7 8 Institute of Microbiology CAS, Opatovický mlýn, 37981 Třeboň, Czech Republic 9 University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, 10 Czech Republic 11 Laboratory of ...

Kojima K, Mckinley K, Donohue P, Sigal Y. The high prevalence of inappropriate feeding among infants presenting with an apparent life-threatening event. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 304-310. Although there are anecdotal reports of a link between inappropriate feeding and an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE), previous studies have not examined this association in a cohort of affected infants. T...

Background Infantile colic is a painful phase in the first months of infancy but no safe and effective conventional treatment exists. Massage is used in traditional medicine as a control and treatment method for infantile colic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of massage in the control and treatment of infantile colic. Materials and Methods We searched international...

We aimed to measure the psychosocial status and quality of life in mothers of babies with infantile colic (IC). Mothers and their newborns were stratified into Group 1 (colicky infant-mother dyad [n: 39]) and Group 2 (non-colicky infant-mother dyad [n: 39]). Maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STA...

Infantile hemangiomas are the most common vascular tumors in childhood. In view of its proven effectiveness in such cases, propranolol is the drug of choice. We present the case of a male infant who started treatment with propranolol shortly after birth due to heart disease. After 7 months, when the patient had suffered various respiratory exacerbations, this treatment was suspended. One week l...