Publications by authors named "Sezin Asik Akman"

Yazıcı S, Güneş S, Kurtuluş-Çokboz M, Kemer Ö, Baranlı G, Aşık-Akman S, Can D. Allergen variability and house dust mite sensitivity in pre-school children with allergic complaints. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 41-49.

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Background/aims: Wilson disease (WD, MIM# 277900) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper transport resulting from the defective function of a copper transporting P-type ATPase. Detecting mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the ATP7B gene in Turkish pediatric WD patients (n=32) and controls (n=52) is the aim of this research.

Materials And Methods: For screening mutations and SNPs of the ATP7B gene, sequencing was performed.

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Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism caused by mutations in the ATP7B gene that encodes a P-type copper transporting ATPase. The aim of this study was to screen and detect mutations of the ATP7B gene in unrelated Turkish Wilson disease patients (n = 46) and control group (n = 52). Mutations were screened and detected by DNA sequencing.

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Aim: Nutritional vitamin B₁₂ deficiency in infants may occur because the maternal diet contains inadequate animal products. Clinical presentations of the infants who had nutritional vitamin B₁₂ deficiency were analyzed in this study.

Subjects And Methods: Patients with nutritional vitamin B₁₂ deficiency were enrolled in the study between 2003 and 2010.

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Objective: To investigate the frequencies of vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies in pregnant women in low socioeconomic group, the relation between the animal-source foods consumption and maternal vitamin B12-folate statuses, and their impacts on anthropometric measurements of the infants.

Methods: A total of 208 pregnant women in the last trimester were included in the study. A questionnaire about socio-demographic status, consumption of meat, egg, milk-dairy products, multivitamin supplementation was used.

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Periosteal reaction has different etiologies in early infancy. Physiological periostitis is a well-documented X-ray finding seen in both preterm and term babies aged between 1-6 months and can easily be misdiagnosed as child abuse or pathological periostitis. Here, we present a 2.

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Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a rare vasculitic syndrome affecting young children. Although presentation is dramatic and striking, it is a benign disorder. A 9-month-old boy with fever, rhinorrhea, edema, and purpuric lesions involving the face, oral mucosa, ears, and extremities was presented.

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Objective: Long-term lamivudine (LAM) and adefovir (ADV) treatment has been found to induce the emergence of drug-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a significant number of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. The aim of our study was to evaluate the LAM and ADV mutations detected in our patient group.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four patients diagnosed with CHB were enrolled in this study.

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We analyzed infections that occurred within one month prior to LT, identified factors associated with their occurrence and effect of infections on post-transplant mortality. The study group included 40 consecutive children who underwent LT. Sites and types of infection and culture results were recorded prospectively.

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ALF is characterized by sudden onset, impaired liver function, jaundice and encephalopathy, without previous liver disease. We analyzed the patients who underwent LT due to toxic agent induced ALF to raise community awareness about preventing the toxic agent induced ALF. Five children (three boys, two girls) underwent LT due to toxic agent ingestion.

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Background: Interferon (IFN)-alpha and lamivudine (LAM), a nucleoside analog, are frequently used drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and their combined therapy has been shown to be effective. The purpose of the present study was to examine the therapeutic efficacy of sequential and simultaneous combination therapies of IFN-alpha and LAM in children with CHB.

Methods: A total of 45 children with CHB, whose antibody status was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg), and HBV-DNA at least for 6 months; who had alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels 1.

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Infliximab is a monoclonal antibody that targets TNF-alpha and has been shown to be effective for the management of steroid-dependent or refractory Crohn's disease. It is an effective therapy in adult patients, but experience in children is limited. We report a case of Crohn's disease which was refractory to the conventional treatment.

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The combination therapy regimen of interferon (IFN)-alpha and lamivudine (LAM), a nucleoside analogue, is lately in use in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infections. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the efficacy of IFN-alpha 2a and LAM combination therapy in children with CHB infection. Twenty-seven cases (mean age 10.

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Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) is an uncommon autosomal recessive malformation. It may be associated with extrahepatic manifestations such as polycystic kidney disease. The main consequence is portal hypertension and bleeding from varices.

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Fulminant hepatic failure is a rare and devastating event during childhood. The etiology of liver failure is reported to change according to age and geographical location. We aimed to investigate, retrospectively, causes and outcome of fulminant hepatic failure in Turkish children.

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