Heritability and environmental influence on pre-weaning traits in Kilis goats.

Birth and weaning weights, average daily weight gain, and Kleiber ratio are important indicator traits in selection decision. The phenotypic expression of these traits is determined by the genetic background, environmental effects, and their interactions. The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters regarding birth (BW) and weaning weights (WW) and average daily weight gain (ADWG), Kleiber ratio (KR), and obtain the effects of sex, birth type, herd, and year.

COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: Experiences of three centres in Turkey.

Background: The pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has not yet been fully elucidated and there is no clear consensus on its treatment yet.

Objectives: To evaluate our patients diagnosed with MIS-C and present them to the literature in order to contribute to the better understanding of this new disease, which entered paediatric practice with the SARS-CoV-2 peak.

Methods: In this study, 17 MIS-C cases diagnosed according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria were included.

Association of Maternal Vitamin B12 Status With Infant Findings and Neurodevelopment in Vitamin B12-Deficient Breast-fed Babies.

Few studies have examined the association between maternal vitamin B12 status and their breast-fed infants' findings. The objective of this study was to analyze the association of maternal B12 status with infant findings including neurodevelopmental outcome in breast-fed babies with B12 deficiency. Correlation analyses between the laboratory findings of infants with B12 deficiency (n=120) and their mothers were performed and the association of maternal B12 status with infant findings including the Denver-II developmental screening test (DDST II) results was examined.

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion and mitral annular plane systolic excursion cardiac reference values in 1300 healthy children: Single-center results.

Background: Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) are two echocardiographic parameters which provide reliable information about the longitudinal myocardial functions of the right and left ventricles in both adult and pediatric population. The aim of this study was to determine the TAPSE and MAPSE reference values in healthy children aged 0-18 years.

Methods And Results: This prospective study included 1300 healthy children evaluated with two-dimensional echocardiography.

Hematological findings associated with neurodevelopmental delay in infants with vitamin B12 deficiency.

In adults with vitamin B12 deficiency, an inverse correlation between the severity of megaloblastic anemia and the degree of neurological dysfunction has been reported. We aimed to evaluate the association between hematological findings and the results of neurodevelopmental assessment in infants. Denver-II developmental screening test (DDST II) was performed in vitamin B12-deficient infants (n = 122), and its relationship with hematological findings was evaluated.

Severe vitamin B₁₂ deficiency in a 15-year-old boy: presentation with haemolysis and pancytopenia.

A 15-year-old boy on a vegetarian diet presented with severe macrocytic anaemia (haemoglobin, 5.1 g/dL; mean corpuscular volume, 116 fL) in addition to leucopenia and thrombocytopaenia (pancytopenia), icterus secondary to haemolysis and splenomegaly. Laboratory investigations revealed severe vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency.

Assessment of left ventricular functions with tissue Doppler, strain, and strain rate echocardiography in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

Objective: This study assessed the early changes in regional and global systolic and diastolic myocardial functions in patients with familial Mediterranean fever without any cardiovascular symptoms using tissue Doppler and strain and strain rate echocardiography and compared them to the results of a control group.

Methods: This study has a cross-sectional and observational design. FMF patients with normal left ventricular function were included in the study.

Endoscopic closure of an endoscope-related duodenal perforation using the over-the-scope clip.

Perforations of the duodenum are a significant source of morbidity in clinical practice. Surgical repair is usually mandated, but it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Until recently, there has been no technique available which reproducibly and safely allowed endoscopic closures of penetrating defects within the digestive tract.

An evaluation of heart rate variability and its modifying factors in children with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: To evaluate heart rate variability by Holter monitoring in type 1 diabetic children compared with a healthy control group and determine the factors modifying heart rate variability.

Methods: This was designed as a prospective study comparing 28 patients, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and under follow-up, with 27 healthy control group subjects.

Results: The patients were aged 9.

Strain and strain rate echocardiography findings in children with asymptomatic congenital aortic stenosis.

The aim of our study was to evaluate myocardial functions with strain/strain rate echocardiography in asymptomatic patients having congenital aortic stenosis (CAS) with normal cardiac functions as determined by conventional echocardiographic techniques and comparing them with those of healthy controls. A total of 58 patients with various degrees of isolated CAS and 52 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Conventional and two-dimensional speckle tracking (2DSTE) echocardiography were performed.

[Assessment of left ventricular functions with tissue Doppler, strain and strain rate echocardiography in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: An observational study].

Objective: In juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) cardiac involvement is usually silent without typical symptoms. The purpose of this study was to assess left ventricular functions with tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE), strain and strain rate in children with JIA.

Methods: Our study was designed as a cross-sectional observational study.