OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical and demographic characteristics of children diagnosed with Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2000 to June 2012. METHODOLOGY A retrospective analysis was done, regarding medical charts of 43 children under the age of 16 years with a dis...

Data on the status of caribou {Rangifer tarandus) herds throughout the circumpolar region during the last 20 years were obtained from the literature and personal communication with researchers. Information was analysed in relation to ecotype (insular, montane, barren-ground, and woodland/forest), population status (increasing, stable, decreasing), herd size, human impact, and temporal change in...