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...

allgrove syndrome also known as triple-a syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by alacremia, achalasia and acth-resistant adrenal insufficiency. although this syndrome is rare, herein we report four cases with different clinical manifestations. they were referred to the gastrointestinal ward during a one year period with complaints of vomiting and dysphagia. the diagnosis of...

background: hydatidosis is one of the major zoonotic diseases that cause considerable public health problems in iran. the present study was designed to investigate pediatric hydatidosis in pa­tients referred to the children medical center hospital in tehran, iran during 2005-2010. methods : data were collected from the records of 17 patients referred to the center with hydatidosis. data include...

background and aims: cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of mortality among men and women so that the difference in acute myocardial infarction (ami) symptoms between men and women can affect diagnosis and time of decision making for treatment and consequently disease outcomes. therefore, knowledge of different symptoms affects the prognosis of the disease according to the gender. this s...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the relationship between preoperative estimated prostate weight on ultrasonography and clinical manifestations of transurethral resection (TUR) syndrome. METHODS The records of patients who underwent TUR of the prostate under regional anesthesia over a 6-year period were retrospectively reviewed. TUR syndrome is usually defined as a serum sodium leve...

how to cite this article: salehpour sh. clinical manifestations of type 1 gaucher disease. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1):13-14. pls see pdf. refe r ences 1. beutler e, grabowski ga. gaucher disease. in: metabolic and molecular bases of inherited disease, scriver cr, beaudet al, sly ws, valle d (eds), mcgraw-hill, new york 2001: 3635. 2. cox tm, schofield jp.   gaucher’s diseas...

manifestation of chorea in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (apa synd.) is not common. moreover, primary presentation of the disease with chorea is rare and only few such cases are reported in literature in recent years. we report here the case of a 28 year old woman who was first seen at the age of 10 with clinical manifestations of chorea...