Using data from the 2001 Chinese National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Survey, I studied the relationship between prenatal exposure to the 1959-1961 Great Leap Forward Famine and the risk of infant death of the next generation. The results show that, on one hand, prenatal exposure to mild malnutrition reduced children’s risk of infant death; on the other hand, prenatal exposure to se...

WADA, Y., NISHIMURA, Y., TANABU, M., YOSHIMURA, Y., IINUMA, K., YosHIDA, T. and ARAKAWA, Ts. Hypouricemic, Mentally Retarded Infant with a Defect of 5-Phosphoribosyl-I-pyrophosphate Synthetase of Erythrocytes. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1974, 113 (2), 149-157 An infant with hypouricemia due to a defect of 5-phosphoribosyl-l-pyrophosphate synthetase (PRPP synthetase) (E.C.2.7.6.1.) was described, who ...

The paper estimates the effect of SO2 pollution on infant mortality in Germany, 1985-2003. To avoid endogeneity problems, I exploit the natural experiment created by the mandated desulfurization at power plants and power plants' location and prevailing wind directions, which together determine treatment intensity for counties. Estimates translate into an elasticity of 0.07-0.13 and the observed...

introduction: gastroesophageal reflux (ger) is the most common esophageal disorder, which occurs at all ages. ger is defined as the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. ger disease (gerd), which is a long-term complication, is a common pediatric problem. clinical manifestations of gerd in infants include regurgitation, irritability, choking, gagging, vomiting, poor weight gain, and r...

the birth weight is one of the important factors affecting the perinatal morbidity and mortality. fetal macrosomia is associated with increased risks of cesarean section and trauma. to determine prevalence and outcome of the macrosomic infants, this case-control, prospective study is performed in the two university hospitals in tehran during a 36- month period between 2002 through 2004. 1000 ne...

background accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis in infants is important. there are a few studies around tuberculosis in infancy in the literature. objectives this study defines the clinical and radiological features of tuberculosis in infants less than one year of age. materials and methods the medical records were reviewed for all infants aging 12 months or less with diagnosis of tuberculosis at...

Speech scientists have long proposed that formant exaggeration in infant-directed speech plays an important role in language acquisition. This event-related potential (ERP) study investigated neural coding of formant-exaggerated speech in 6-12-month-old infants. Two synthetic /i/ vowels were presented in alternating blocks to test the effects of formant exaggeration. ERP waveform analysis showe...

The pediatric neurologist is regularly asked to evaluate a hypotonic patient. This consultation request usually occurs in 2 different situations; the first is in the newborn period when the neurologist is asked to evaluate the "floppy infant," and the second is in the latter half of the first year of life and is usually accompanied by concern about the developmental progress of the infant and, ...

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 5 2 0 0 6 infant Infants can present with an enormous variety of conditions (TABLE 1) and despite their age can come from vastly different physiological backgrounds. Expreterm residents and graduates of the neonatal intensive care unit will present with many more challenges than an otherwise healthy term infant with an isolated surgical problem. In addition the practice ...

BACKGROUND Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (SGBS) is a rare X-linked recessive syndrome characterized by fetal overgrowth. CASE REPORT We present a case of a male infant with SGBS. Abnormal prenatal ultrasound (including congenital diaphragmatic hernia) prompted microarray testing of amniotic fluid cells, which showed deletion on chromosome Xq26.2 affecting the glypican-3 gene consistent with SG...