background : the imo river basin, nigeria is endemic for onchocerciasis, bancroftian filariasis, loaiasis and mansonellosis. this study was aimed at determining the clinical manifestations of onchocerciasis in this region. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in 2006 in umuowaibu i and ndiorji commu­nities in okigwe local government area of imo state, nigeria. consenting individuals...

introduction: multiple myeloma is a neoplasm of monoclonal plasmacells which may cause oral manifestations. we report a 50-year-old man with a mass burned out of a post extraction socket. he had recived an eight month period of chemotherapy and was supposed to be ready for hematopoetic stem cell transplantation. after clinical and histopathological examinations, the mass was diagnosed as a plas...

gastrointestinal (gi) and hepatic manifestations are not uncommon in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle). they include nonspecific symptoms as well as serious, life-threatening complications necessitating urgent, aggressive therapy. in addition to direct involvement of the gi system by the disease, many drug-induced side effects and opportunistic infections have gi and hepatic mani...

leukocytes are the major cellular essentials of inflammatory and immune reactions of the individual. leukocyte alterations are the consequence of a disproportion between the formation of leukocytes in the bone marrow and its exclusion by the mononuclear phagocytic system. there is also a wide range of clinical manifestations that can result from them: from very insignificant symptoms to serious...

how to cite this article:   dalirani r, mahyar a, ayazi p, ahmadi gh. neurological manifestations of renal diseases in children in qazvin/ iran. iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):24-27 . abstract objective renal diseases are one of the most common causes of referrals and admissions of children, hence it is important to know their neurological presentations. this study aimed to determine n...

central venous catheter (cvc) insertion is a practical way to assess patients hemodynamic specially in cardiovascular surgery but this relatively simple junior level procedure is not risk free and its common reported complications include; pneumothorax, hydrothorax, hemothorax, local hematoma, cardiac tamponade, vascular injury, thrombosis, embolism, and catheter disruption. here in this articl...

chronic urticaria is defined as a skin disease with central induration (wheal) and erythema formation around it (flare) that appears at least twice a week and remains at least for 6 weeks continually. the incidence of urticaria in children is about 0.1-3%. most cases of chronic urticaria occur in children between 6-11 years. autoimmune and allergy immaturity is one of the reasons of lower incid...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : during august 2009, novel h1n1 influenza virus began causing illness in isfahan. since rates of hospitalization and mortality due to the disease have varied widely in different countries, we described the clinical, radiologic, and demographic features of h1n1 hospitalized patients in a hospital in isfahan. met...