Evaluation of Gelatin Tannate Against Symptoms of Acute Diarrhea in Pediatric Patients.

BACKGROUND Acute diarrhea is the second most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in children aged ≤3 years. Some drugs (e.g.

Absence of increase in carotid artery intima-media thickness in infants of diabetic mothers.

Objective: Infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) are considered as a risk group for atherosclerosis. Increased aortic intima-media thickness has been reported in IDM. The purpose of this study was to assess carotid artery intima-media thickness (CA-IMT), left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and atherosclerotic risk factors in IDM.

Bilateral brachial plexus palsy and right Horner syndrome due to congenital cervicothoracal syringomyelia.

Syringomyelia (SM) is a disorder in which a cyst forms within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, expands and elongates over time, destroying the center of the cord. Horner syndrome is an infrequent illness caused by a lesion of the cervical sympathetic nerve fiber.