and seropositivity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and its relation to disease activity and type of therapies.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most frequently encountered autoimmune rheumatic disease in children. To our knowledge, this is the first study aimed to estimate the frequency of ( and seropositivity in JIA and assess its relation to the disease activity, IL-10 levels, and type of the received therapies. This study was conducted on 43 JIA patients and 50 cases as a control group.

Assessing the hepatoprotective effects of hesperidin on liver-associated disorders in albino rats with experimentally induced obesity and type II diabetes: A histological and biochemical study.

Unlabelled: Hesperidin (HSP) has multiple beneficial effects in verities of clinical situations including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Aim: Determination of curative effects of HSP on the liver in T2DM rats through biochemical and histopathological studies.

Methods: Animals.

Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency Presenting with Tonic-Clonic Seizure: A Case Report.

Introduction: Familial glucocorticoid deficiency (FGD) is a rare cause of adrenal insufficiency in children. The condition can present with features of low cortisol and high adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Late diagnosis can be associated with high morbidity and high mortality rates.

Consumptive hypothyroidism in a two months old infant secondary to hepatic haemangiomas.

The case described in this report is of a two-month-old boy who presented with severe hypothyroidism. The infant also had multiple hepatic haemangiomas. The cause of hypothyroidism was found to be due to consumption of the hormone by the tumour.

Prevalence and clinical presentation at the onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents in AL-Baha region, Saudi Arabia.

Background: The objectives were to describe the frequency of clinical presentation at the onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and to estimate the prevalence of T1DM among children and adolescents in the AL-Baha region, Saudi Arabia, aiming for early diagnosis of T1DM.

Methods: The clinical and laboratory data of 471 children and adolescents who presented with T1DM and received medical care at an AL-Baha diabetic center during the period from 2007 to 2016 were retrospectively analyzed based on the records.

Results: The prevalence of T1DM in the AL-Baha region was 355 per 100,000 population in participants aged from 0 to 19 years.

The results of different diagnostic imaging studies used in children with urinary tract infection.

Urinary tract infections (UTI) can cause significant renal scarring, which can be complicated by hypertension and renal impairment. This study describes the outcome of different imaging modalities in children with UTI and its relation to age, sex and type of UTI. Our objective was to describe the frequencies of different imaging studies, which were used to investigate children with UTI at King Fahad Hospital (KFH) between the years 2003 and 2008.