Publications by authors named "Absar Ali"
Background: Ghana has experienced recent polio outbreaks. Behavioral insights can be used to understand behavior and create demand for the polio vaccine.
Methods: This cross-sectional study is based on an interactive mobile phone survey that explored factors influencing the uptake of the polio vaccine among Ghanaian mothers with children younger than five years old.
Article Synopsis
- - The Y chromosome genetic markers are useful in forensics for tracing male lineages and are passed on to future generations until mutations happen.
- - Rapidly Mutating Y-STRs (RM Y-STRs) have a high mutation rate, which helps distinguish between paternally related men more effectively than other Y-STRs.
- - A study examined 13 RM Y-STRs in unrelated males from Gilgit, Pakistan, finding no population substructure and notable mutation rates, indicating a need for further research on these markers in various Pakistani populations.
A case of Gitelman syndrome with severe hyponatraemia and hypophosphataemia.
Singapore Med J
January 2013
Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a renal tubular disorder of the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter, which is located in the distal tubule of the loop of Henle. We present a rare case of GS complicated by severe hyponatraemia and hypophosphataemia. A 17-year-old boy was admitted to our institution with fever and lethargy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the correlation of "random single voided urine protein: creatinine ratio" to "twenty four hour urine protein" at different levels of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in Pakistani population.
Methods: A total of 107 patients were included in this cross section study. Patients were divided into five groups according to the GFR.