background : due to the increased prevalence of celiac disease in chromosomal anomalies and other congenital anomalies, this study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of celiac disease (cd) in patients with congenital heart defects (chd). methods: this case-control study was done on 1002 children in two groups of chd patients (n=402) and controls (n=600). the serum tissue transglutamia...

A maternal diet that is low in protein increases the susceptibility of offspring to type 2 diabetes by inducing long-term alterations in β cell mass and function. Nutrients and growth factor signaling converge through mTOR, suggesting that this pathway participates in β cell programming during fetal development. Here, we revealed that newborns of dams exposed to low-protein diet (LP0.5) through...

The aim of this study was to estimate pubertal age and to assess the level of physical development of preterm girls with defective vision. The study material – anthropometric data (body height and weight, BMI) and information on the age of menarche were collected from 155 subjects with defective vision (partially sighted and blind). Median age at menarche was estimated by probit analysis. The g...

The parasternal defect, or Morgagni hernia, may not be as rare as previous authors have stated. Brown (1952) gives its incidence as 3 % of diaphragmatic defects, and Harrington (1951) in a review of 334 cases of diaphragmatic hernia found it in 14 only. In the mass radiography units at Portsmouth and Southampton 30 cases have been picked up and a further three cases have been found in patients ...

to explore the possibility of using graphene based biosensor, adsorption of hydrogen peroxide on graphene has been investigated using density functional theory. the electronic properties of defect free and defective graphene in the presence of different number of hydrogen peroxide have been studied. the graphene with the most stable configuration defect named as sw defect is considered. the hig...