Publications by authors named "H Aloulou"
Article Synopsis
- This study focuses on chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children, reporting on epidemiological data and clinical management from a pediatric department in southern Tunisia over 13 years.
- Out of 72 newly diagnosed ITP cases, 11 evolved into chronic ITP, with a mix of symptoms and complications, including two patients who experienced severe cases requiring advanced treatment.
- The findings highlight the difficulties pediatricians face in managing chronic ITP, emphasizing the importance of existing guidelines to assist in treatment strategies for severe cases.
Introduction: Childhood uveitis is a rare condition with various associated diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Aim: We proposed to describe the distribution, clinical findings, treatment, complications, and visual outcomes of uveitis in children at a tertiary referral center in Sfax, Tunisia.
Methods: A retrospective study of 33 children (54 eyes) with uveitis collected over the period from January 2009 to December 2018 was carried out at the Ophthalmology Department of Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
Many inherited conditions cause hepatocellular cholestasis in infancy, including progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), a heterogeneous group of diseases with highly overlapping symptoms. In our study, six unrelated Tunisian infants with PFIC suspicion were the subject of a panel-target sequencing followed by an exhaustive bioinformatic and modeling investigations. Results revealed five disease-causative variants including known ones: (the p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComposite flat membranes were prepared using a dry uniaxial pressing process. The effect of the sintering temperature (850-950 °C) and smectite proportion (10-50 wt.%) on membrane properties, such as microstructure, mechanical strength, water permeability, and treatment performances, was explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Rheumatic cardiopathies and its risk factors: about 50 cases].
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
February 2024
Introduction: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a multi-systemic disease, in which cardiac involvement is the most serious major manifestation of disease. The aim of this study was to analyse cardiac involvement in children with ARF and his risk factors.
Materials And Methods: It were a retrospective study including all children under the age of 14 years who were hospitalized for ARF in the pediatric department of the CHU Hédi Chaker of Sfax, during a period of twelve years (2010-2022).