sweet potato/seizures

Thiamine (vitamin B₁ ) is an essential nutrient that significantly influences ATP production in the body. It needs to be supplemented consistently through an exogenous source to prevent deficiency; however, it is easily affected by a variety of mitigating factors. Additionally, thiamine

The prevalence of cutaneous haemangiomas in a representative population of low birthweight infants was determined by tracing and assessing survivors of pre-school age. Data from hospital case-notes and follow-up assessments were used to investigate whether prevalence of haemangiomas was related to

BACKGROUND Capillary hemangioma in the cranial cavity is rare. This report describes 2 additional cases presenting shortly after pregnancy and provides a systematic review summarizing clinical experience to date. METHODS Case reports were compiled retrospectively. Patient 1 was a 28-year-old woman

METHODS Haven is an 11-year-old primary care patient who you have followed since her birth. She was the 9 lb 6 oz product of a 38-week gestation complicated by maternal hypertension and seizure disorder treated with tegretol. Her delivery and neonatal course were uneventful. She was diagnosed with

The author recently examined four children of clinical macrocephaly. Their occipitofrontal head circumference was exceeded 2 standard deviations above the mean for chronological age. Megalencephaly with normal ventricular system was proved by computerized tomography or pneumoencephalography. The

We report the development of intractable epilepsy in 3 patients treated with irradiation to "strawberry" scalp nevi in infancy. Low-dose radiation was used (12 and 13 Gy in 2 of the patients). The clinical evolution suggested a recognizable and distinctive postradiation syndrome. There was