Infection constitutes the most serious threat to survival with which the newborn infant has to contend. It may involve superficial or deep structures and frequently gives rise to septicaemia. In the present paper an account is given of the clinical and pathological features of twenty-one cases of neonatal meningitis (with special reference to the importance of morbid conditions of the skin and ...

abstract hypotonia is a serious neurologic problem in neonatal period. although hypotonia is a nonspecific clinical finding but it is the most common motor disorder in the newborn. the objective of this study was to determine the frequency of neonatal hypotonia then to ascertain of the most common causes methods this cross –sectional prospective study was carried out on the 3281 term infants ho...

Routine histological examination of the liver during the acute stages of neonatal obstructive jaundice, whether of biopsy or of autopsy specimens, reveals a variety of different pathological conditions. Congenital absence of the intrahepatic bile ducts appears to be a rare cause of obstructive jaundice in the newborn. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the condition by reporting ...