Neonatal respiratory distress in Omdurman Maternity Hospital, Sudan.

Neonatal respiratory distress (NRD) is a common neonatal problem, which is responsible for high morbidity and mortality. There are few published studies in developing countries addressing neonatal respiratory distress. There is no previously published study in Sudan on this problem.

A mutation in PEX19 causes a severe clinical phenotype in a patient with peroxisomal biogenesis disorder.

Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBD) are groups of inherited neurometabolic disorders caused by defects in PEX genes. We report on a female infant, born to a consanguineous parents (first degree cousins), who presented with inactivity, poor sucking, and hypotonia early in the neonatal period. She had subtle dysmorphic features.