Tyrosinemie hereditaire tye I A propos d'une obseration

In this work, we report the case of a child who presents a chronic form of hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 the diagnosis has been confirmed by urinary excretion of excessive amounts of succinylacetone and of delta-aminolovulinic acid. The patient has received a symptomatic treatment of the renal tubular dysfunction and he continues a dietary restriction of phenylalanine and tyrosine. Live transplatation could offer hope for cure in this type of patients because if the diet has diminished the renal tubular dysfunction, it cannot alter progression of pathologic changes in the liver and it does not prevent the development of hepatocarcinoma

Aspects epidemiologiques des deficience intellectuelles de l'enfant: experience de l'hopital d'enfant de Rabat

Mental deficiency is frequent in paediatric practise. We have noted mental deficiency in 5,5% of the children going to the surgery for the first time, and in 1,5% of the hospitalized children. We have noted that the frequency of the antenatal causes [34%] and the perinatal causes [18%] particularly the neonatal suffering [14%], is increased. All the efforts must be done to take maesures of primary prevention of mental deficiency in our country