BACKGROUND The study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic health in subjects with obesity in the Chinese population and to identify the determinants related to metabolic abnormality in obese individuals. METHODS 5013 subjects were recruited from seven provincial capitals in China. The obesity and metabolic status were classified based on body mass index (BMI) and the number of abnor...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is rapidly increasing with a considerable ethnic variation within and across populations. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components using Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) criteria among Northern Jordanians. METHODS Data were analyzed from a cross-sectional study that includ...

we report a 73-year-old woman with primary left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma and its 1h mr spectroscopy (mrs) findings. the tumor showed a 2.8 cm sized lesion in the posteroinferior atrial wall on mri. 1h mr spectra were acquired using a point-resolved spectroscopy (press) sequence with electrocardiographic (ecg) gating and respiratory motion. the use of 1h-mrs allowed the quantification of triglyce...

Epilepsy is a common children's neural disease that is largely controlled by anti-epileptic drugs. Nevertheless, children experience repeated attacks that develop into intractable epilepsy (IE). The aim of the present study was to examine the inherited metabolic abnormalities in children with IE to provide early etiological and symptomatic treatment. Urine and blood samples of 56 children with ...

introduction: transient hyperglycemia is a condition that happens during acute physiologic stress in children.  the aim of this study is to determine if there is any relation between stress hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in pediatric patients.   materials and methods:  the study was performed on children hospitalized in amirkola pediatric hospital, north of iran, bet...

Integrated PET/MR with simultaneous acquisition may improve the identification of pathologic findings in patients. This pilot study evaluated metabolic activity differences between epilepsy patients and healthy controls and directly correlated FDG uptake with MR regional abnormality. Epilepsy patients (n=11) and controls (n=6) were imaged on a whole-body simultaneous PET/MR scanner. After FDG i...

The case-reports of three cases of Refsum's syndrome are presented, and the underlying metabolic abnormality discussed. The effect of treatment with a low-phytanic acid diet in one case is described.

A sibship is described in which at least two brothers suffer from a unique disorder characterised by ichthyosis, hepatosplenomegaly, and late onset cerebellar ataxia. The clinical features and investigations are described. No metabolic abnormality has been found so far.

Introduction: Transient hyperglycemia is a condition that happens during acute physiologic stress in children.  The aim of this study is to determine if there is any relation between stress hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in pediatric patients.   Materials and Methods:  The study was performed on children hospitalized in Amirkola pediatric hospital, North of Iran, bet...