A November 2000 workshop organized by the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, considered use of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) in the Islamic world. The workshop reinforced a 1997 recommendation that a Standing Committee for Shari'a Medical Ethics be constituted to monitor and assess developments in ART practice. Among issues t...

introduction biotinidase deficiency is a life threatening inborn error of metabolism specially when delayed in diagnosis. we report a 2-month-old male infant that presented with refractory infantile spasm, alopecia and seborrheic dermatitis. with a high suspicion of the biotinidase deficiency we started biotin 10 mg daily orally before definite diagnosis was made. rapid treatment was life-savin...