objective this study was designed to determine the etiology of status epilepticus (se) andits relation to mortality. materials and methods this descriptive study was carried out based on the medical records of 40 patients with diagnosis of se discharged from pediatric hospital of bandar abbas between march 2002 and march 2004. multivariant analysis was pereformed to determine the prevalence of ...

objective too much restriction of dietary proteins can cause severe protein malnutrition,which can occur in adjusting the diet for some kinds of aminoacidopathies, urea cycle disorder and organic academia. this report presents the case of a 1.5-year-old boy with history of phenylketonuria with a three weeks history of erythematous scaly plaques and edema of his extremities; he had a history of ...

constipation is the most common digestive complaint in the general population.it is associated with  considerableadverse effect  on quality of life  and  substantial economic costs  and  often have  no underlying pathology . non celiac gluten sensitivity( ncgs)has been described as a cause  of constipation  in  a few study .  we present  a  62-year-old male with long standing constipation witho...

We reported a 14 months old boy referred for evaluation of chylous ascites to our nuclear medicine department. Tc-99m Phytate was injected subcutaneously in his calves and whole body images as well as abdominal SPECT were performed. The SPECT images could localize an area of several intestinal lymphangiomata in the abdominal region. The abnormal region was surgically resected and the patient as...

we reported a 14 months old boy referred for evaluation of chylous ascites to our nuclear medicine department. tc-99m phytate was injected subcutaneously in his calves and whole body images as well as abdominal spect were performed. the spect images could localize an area of several intestinal lymphangiomata in the abdominal region. the abnormal region was surgically resected and the patient as...