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We describe three siblings with congenital myopathy, bullous eruption of the skin, secretory diarrhea, apparent zinc deficiency, failure to thrive, deafness, and microcephaly. The parents are not consanguineous and there are no other affected relatives. This new syndrome, which follows an apparent
Objective: To analyze clinical, immunological and genetic characteristics of 4 cases of LIG4 syndrome. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 4 patients from 3 families with LIG4 syndrome who were admitted to Children's Hospital of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics
This study aims to analyze and evaluate the clinic and demographic features of immunocompetent children that have been diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The data of children diagnosed with CMV infection between January 2005 and December 2010 and their follow-ups for 2 years were
A homozygote missense mutation of the pseudouridylate synthase gene was found in an adult patient with chronic sideroblastic anemia, diarrhea, microcephaly and failure to thrive. Moderate muscle weakness occurred in adulthood (6-min walk distance at 26 years: 240 m, control range 380-782 m) but a
BACKGROUND
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus within the Flaviviridae family, the recent spread of which has promoted public concern.
METHODS
This study outlines the clinical features, potential for teratogenicity, diagnosis, and treatment of ZIKV infection.
RESULTS
Zika virus is transmitted through
The RNA exosome has a key role in RNA decays and RNA quality control. In 2012, two human Mendelian diseases: syndromic diarrhea/tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome (SD/THE) and Ponto-cerebellar hypoplasia type 1(PCH1) were linked to the RNA exosome or its cofactor's defect. SD/THE's main features are an
We report a case of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a patient with diarrhea, fever, synovitis, non-purulent conjunctivitis, and with discreet retro-orbital pain, after returning from Colombia in January 2016. The patient referred several mosquito bites. Presence of ZIKV was detected by PCR
Classic galactosemia is caused by deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT). It causes serious morbidity and mortality if left untreated. Screening for galactosemia is not included in Egyptian neonatal screening program. The study aimed to define clinical presentation and
OBJECTIVE
A 15-year-old boy with developmental delay presented to the pediatric ophthalmology clinic with bilateral pulverulent cataracts. The family was examined for developmental delay, cataracts and systemic problems.
METHODS
The parents were consanguineous and originally from Bangladesh. All the
SCID affects T and B cell differentiation and functions, presenting with severe opportunistic infections in the early postnatal period. It is fatal unless stem cell transplantation is performed. RS SCID forms are caused by defects in the NHEJ pathway, the enzymatic process required for the repair of
A 27-month-old girl with Dubowitz syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, is presented. The diagnosis was established by a series of symptoms typical for this syndrome: intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, microcephaly, recurrent diarrhea and respiratory infections, characteristic
Zika transmission from mother to fetus and its possible sexual transmission have become a media focus in the past months as a major public health concern. While mother-to-fetus transmission, fetal neurologic manifestations or sexual transmission have never been documented for this virus before,
Kasapkara ÇS, Yılmaz-Keskin E, Özbay-Hoşnut F, Akçaboy M, Polat E, Olgaç A, Zorlu P. An infant with an extremely rare cobalamin disorder: Methionine synthase deficiency and importance of early diagnosis and treatment. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 282-285. Functional methionine synthase deficiency can be
Four viral contaminants have been routinely detected in unprocessed and commercial lots of fetal bovine serum: bacteriophage, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, parainfluenza-3 and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). Of those, BVDV is consistently present in a majority of commercial lots of fetal
This study presents clinical and laboratory findings and outcome of infants with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) due to vitamin K deficiency after the newborn period, and evaluates vitamin K prophylaxis. The hospital records of 19 infants with a diagnosis of ICH due to vitamin K deficiency after the