wilson’s disease (wd) or hepato-lenticular degeneration is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder. a prevalence rate of 30 cases per million and a birth incidence rate of one per 30,000 to 40,000 are often quoted. in 40 to 50% of individuals with wd, hepatic dysfunction is the initial clinical manifestation. with the exception of liver transplantation, treatment of wd is only palliative and intend...

introduction: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) and non hodgkin’s lymphoma(nhl) are the most common cancers in childhood and  adolescence. most children with all and nhl have long term survival (>80%). endocrinopathy is a common complication in pediatric cancers following the treatment (20-50% prevalence), in addition, cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy can influence side effect on growth...

introduction: chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are the most important causes of growth failure, morbidity and mortality in children. cirrhosis consists of a variety of congenital, genetic, metabolic, and infectious causes in children. models for predicting of chronic liver disease severity, survival, and transplantation are useful for decision-making as well as medical interventions. the mos...

the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing anxiety and depression and glycemic control in children with type i diabetes. the study was quasi- experimental with a pre-test, post-test design with control group. for this purpose, 30 children with diabetes were selected from imam reza hospital in mashhad. the children were randomly ass...

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introduction: diarrheal diseases are a serious health problem and important causes of growth retardation and death in the developing world, especially those of prolonged duration. since diarrhea is constantly found in children with zinc deficiency, very studies supported zinc supplements beneficial on the duration and severity of diarrhea among children. we review the impact of zinc effects on ...

introduction: optimal child development necessitates proper nutrition in childhood. despite of improvements in child nutrition, there are still lots of challenges in proper child nutrition which shows the necessity of using the past experiences more than ever. despite of particular interest of iranians to cardinal humors (temperaments), unfortunately, families and medical staffs are not appropr...

prevention has a main role in reducing the occurrence of corrosive ingestion especially in children, yet this goal is far from being reached in developing countries, where such injuries are largely unreported and their true prevalence simply cannot be extrapolated from random articles or personal experience. because of the accidental nature of the ingestions, the case fatality rate for pediatri...

based on rome iii criteria, functional disorders of gi are listed below:   infant regurgitation: -regurgitation two or more times per day for 3 or more weeks -no retching, hematemesis, aspiration, apnea, ftt, abnormal posturing infant rumination syndrome: -repetitive contraction of abdominal muscle -regurgitation of gastric content in to the mouth and reswallowed cyclic vomiting syndrome: -two ...

introduction: gastrointestinal endoscopy is  as a diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in children. due to severe response and spastic in  the muscles of the digestive tract is created during endoscopy,endoscopy is often face with difficult. the aim of this study is to evaluate peppermint impact in pyloric spasm in children undergo endoscopy.   material and methods: in this clin...