how to cite this article: dara n, sayyari aa, imanzadeh f. hepatic encephalopathy: early diagnosis in pediatric patients with cirrhosis. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):1-11. objective as acute liver failure (alf) and chronic liver disease (cirrhosis) continue to increase in prevalence, we will see more cases of hepatic encephalopathy. primary care physician are often the first to suspec...

objecive prolonged and uncontrolled refractory status epilepticus (se) is a life-threatening medical emergency in children (1,2,3). there is no consensus on the optimal therapy for refractory status epilepticus (1). the aim of this study was to develop a new method for treating patients with refractory status epilepticus. materials & methods ten children with refractory status epilepticus in mo...

background: the extent of bone minerals density (bmd) gained during childhood is good index for bmd in adulthood. recent studies imply that exercise increases bmd however, there are rare studies about the best ages in which exercise gives the highest effect on children’s bmd. this study was carried out with the aim of comparing the extent of exercise effect on various ages on bmd of boys of ila...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p. fabery disease (a kind of lysosomal storage disease). iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4(suppl. 1):6. pls see pdf.

background: we aimed to determine the frequency of liver copper storage diseases in iranian children with cryptogenic chronic liver disease (cld). materials and methods: one-hundred and twenty children (52 girls, 70 boys; age range: 3 months-14 years) with cld who attended children's medical center in tehran, iran during the years 1997 through 1999, were enrolled. all viral, metabolic and autoi...

background: in this study, we examined the epidemiologic characteristics of childhood brain tumors in patients referred to mahak pediatric cancer treatment and research center (one of the main national referral centers for childhood malignancies in iran) for treatment. materials and methods: this cohort (simple sampling) study consisted of 198 children less than 15 year old with cns tumor refer...

background: obesity has become a serious problem for chinese han nationality. this research aimed to evaluate the prevalence of and trends in obesity among chinese korean nationality children and adolescents (1991–2010). methods: we used data from chinese national surveys on students’ constitution and health (cnssch). cnssch was utilized to monitor chinese students’ health condition and release...

childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...

Background: Asthma is the chronic inflammation of airways characterized by eosinophilic infiltration, mucus overproduction, airway hyper-responsiveness and airway remodeling. These changes are induced mostly by cytokines which are produced by T helper (Th) 2 cells. Recently, the role of interleukin-23 (IL-23) in the pathogenesis of adultallergic asthma has been studied. Objective: To explore IL...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of  training on personality formation and mental development of childhood and adolescence. It is important to understand how children develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually to know that all areas of development are equally as important as each other, and that all impact on one another. Biological and cognitive changes ...