BACKGROUND The growing prevalence of overweight and obesity in low- or middle-income countries precipitates the need to examine early life predictors of adiposity. OBJECTIVES To examine growth trajectories from birth, and associations with adult body composition in the Birth to Twenty Plus Cohort, Soweto, South Africa. METHODS Complete data at year 22 was available for 1088 participants (53...

Mal de meleda (Keratoderma plamoplantaris transgrediens) is a rare autosomal recessive form of palmoplantar keratoderma with hyperkeratosis of palms and soles, which appears soon after birth and progressively involves other areas (Transgrediens) of the skin especially dorsal aspects of hands and feet. We report a 20-year-old woman with mal de meleda with some unusual clinical features, i....

Synophthalmia is a form of cyclopia, in which some elements of two eyes are fused and form a single eye in the middle region of the forehead. The head of a Holstein female calf born from a 5-year-old cow was referred to Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University due to multiple congenital anomalies. The calf had been slaughtered immediately after birth due to ...

conclusions excellent esthetic and functional results achieved; total treatment duration was about 72 months. case presentation this is a case report about the successful orthodontic treatment of a patient with mild hemifacial microsomia (hfm), using a non-surgical orthopedic and orthodontic treatment approach. the aim of this approach was to make the best noninvasive modality to treat hfm. a 7...

Sheep production is affected by genetic and non-genetic factors. A knowledge of these factors is essential for efficient management and for the accurate estimation of breeding values. The objective of this study was to establish the non-genetic factors which affect birth weight and weaning weight in Dorper, Mutton Merino and indigenous Sabi sheep breeds. A total of 2,625 birth and weaning weigh...