ABSTRACT
We report two successful pregnancies in a 17-year-old Arab girl who had received modern combination chemotherapy and central nervous system minimal disease therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at the age of 9.5 years.
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/drug therapy , Pregnancy Outcome , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Remission InductionABSTRACT
One hundred and fifty children with febrile convulsions (FC) were followed up for 3-10 years. They were divided into two groups: group A consisted of 120 children whose disorder was under control, and group B 30 patients in whom the disorder was not under control. Risk factors for uncontrolled FC and later development of epilepsy were looked into. In group A, 8 patients (6.6%) developed epilepsy, while another 3 (2.5%) had a single afebrile seizure. In group B, 10 (33.3%) children developed epilepsy, while 1 (3.3%) had a single afebrile seizure. The difference in the later occurrence of epilepsy between the two groups was statistically significant.
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Seizures, Febrile/epidemiology , Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Kuwait , Male , Prognosis , Prospective Studies , Risk Factors , Seizures, Febrile/drug therapy , Seizures, Febrile/physiopathologySubject(s)
Bottle Feeding , Breast Feeding , Diarrhea, Infantile/etiology , Electrolytes/blood , Diarrhea, Infantile/prevention & control , Female , Humans , Infant , Kuwait , Male , Potassium/blood , Sodium/bloodABSTRACT
A five-month male Arab child with clinical features of ring(14) is reported. He had recurrent seizures and chest infections, microcephaly, elongated face, short palpebral fissures, broad nasal bridge, long philtrum, fish-like mouth with thin lips, micrognathia, low-set ears and retinal pigmentation with yellow-white spots on the maculae. In addition brachydactyly of fingers and toes, hypoplastic scrotum and mental deterioration were present.
