AIM To determine the age of development of bladder and bowel control and the frequency of enuresis, encopresis, and urinary infections in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS The study included 45 children with cerebral palsy who regularly attended a rehabilitation center in Isparta, Turkey, and two groups of age- and sex-matched children, 37 siblings of the children with cerebral palsy and ...

background : we conducted the present study to investigate the frequency of prothrombin g20210a mutation among acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients and healthy individuals from western iran and to detect the possible association between this mutation and the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in our population. methods : the studied groups consisted of 92 children with acute lymphoblastic le...

　Introduction: The present post-eventual research study was conducted with the purpose of comparing the memory performance between two distinct groups of 50 healthy children and 50 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children (25 girls and 25 boys) in Tehran with an age range of 10-12. Methods: The whole students were selected through simple random sampling method and were assessed ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study was to examine whether hyperphenylalaninemic children on unrestricted diet (MHP) may exhibit a different LCPUFA profile from PKU or healthy children in plasma phospholipids. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-five MHP children (age 9-14 years) were age and sex matched with 45 PKU and 45 healthy children. Fatty acids were determined and expressed as % of total...

Background and Objective: Vitamin D (Vit.D) has an important role as immunoregulator. Its deficiency is suggested as a risk factor for respiratory system infection. In this study the serum Vit.D level in pneumonia and healthy children will be compared. Methods: This study is a prospective case control study and contains 31 children between 6 and 60 months old hospitalized because of pneumoni...

Fronto-limbic brain activity during sleep is believed to support the consolidation of emotional memories in healthy adults. Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is accompanied by emotional deficits coincidently caused by dysfunctional interplay of fronto-limbic circuits. This study aimed to examine the role of sleep in the consolidation of emotional memory in ADHD in the context of h...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether children with functional abdominal pain (FAP) show an attentional bias for their bodily activity, and whether receiving information about bodily activity influenced perception of bodily sensations. METHODS A total of 30 children with FAP and 30 healthy children performed a dot-probe task, in which they were shown sham pictures about their bodily activity. R...

Determining the normal range of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) in any population is important for diagnosis of allergic diseases. The aim of this study was to determine normal values of IgE in children living in Tehran. Two-handed and fifty six healthy children aged one month to 14 years were selected. These children had neither parasitic infections nor atopic disease. They were divided into six groups...

Febrile convulsions (FC) are the most common neurologic disorder in children 6-60 months of age. Zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) play role as cofactors in more than 300 enzymatic activities significantly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship serum levels of Zn and Cu with seizure occurrence in febrile children. In this case-control study, 270 children with 6 month to 6 years were ev...