The quality of life of primary caretakers of children with cerebral palsy.

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a heterogeneous group of disorder affecting the development of movement and posture, which is permanent nonprogressive. Previous studies in different regions have shown links between caregivers' mental health and children's well-being. However, the lack of such detailed research for the caretakers of children with CP and correlation of quality of life affected the type and severity of the condition; this necessitates the development of a new study to assess caregivers' quality of life.

Different presentation of autoimmune hepatitis in children: Case series.

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a disorder causing chronic hepatic inflammation. Its clinical presentation is highly variable from the affected child might have only biochemical evidence of liver dysfunction or present in hepatic failure. It is important to distinguish AIH from other forms of chronic hepatitis because a high percentage of cases respond to immunosuppressive therapy.