Quality of Life and Related Factors in Patients Diagnosed with Mucopolysaccharidosis and Their Caregivers.

Objectives: Quality of life (QoL) is directly associated with physical-psychological well-being, family and environmental factors in patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS). The present study aims to investigate the factors affecting QoL in both MPS patients and their caregivers.

Methods: The sociodemographic characteristics, clinical findings, and special needs of 37 patients with MPS were questioned, among which 28 pediatric patients were evaluated for QoL using the KINDL-parents scale.

Evaluating the gonads of left-handed children using ultrasonography and comparing the findings with those of right-handed ones.

Unlabelled: Hand use varies according to which brain hemisphere is dominant. Early androgen exposure causes right hemisphere dominance. This study is aimed at comparing the testes and ovary sizes of healthy left-handed girls and boys with those of healthy right-handed children and investigating whether or not lateralization affects the gonads.

Use of geopolymers as tunable and sustained silver ion release mediums.

Silver was incorporated up to 3.4% (w/w) into the geopolymer structure via precipitation as AgO by dispersing the geopolymer powder in an aqueous solution of AgNO. The precipitates were mainly located in the fine pores within the nanoparticles of the geopolymer network.

Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population.

Purpose: To assess the comorbidity of dry eye syndrome (DES) and changes in corneal curvature in children with allergies.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, comparative, and observational interventional study included 49 patients, who presented to the Ophthalmology Clinic of a State Hospital in Turkey. There were 25 patients with clinically diagnosed seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (AC) (with complaints of itching and papilla formation of conjunctiva; AC group) and 24 healthy children (control group).

Serum thyroid hormone profile and trace elements in children receiving valproic acid therapy: a longitudinal and controlled study.

Valproic acid (VPA) may affect thyroid hormone profile, causing alteration in serum trace elements concentrations. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate this relationship in children receiving VPA monotherapy for a period up to 6 months. Serum thyrotropin (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroglobuline (TG), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) levels were evaluated at baseline and at the 6th month in all the patients and in the control group.

Unusual complication in a child with lightning strike: cerebral salt wasting.

Several case reports have presented various neurological complications caused by lightning. However, there was no report related to cerebral salt wasting caused by lightning injury. We described a patient with lightning strike, who was subsequently diagnosed with cerebral salt wasting.