Efficacy of hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities (HABIT-ILE) in young children with bilateral cerebral palsy (GMFCS III-IV) in a low and middle-income country: protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Cerebral palsy (CP) is highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, where clinically-based studies have shown a considerable over-representation of the severe bilateral subtype. However, children's access to rehabilitation care is limited by many local factors, notably the lacking of rehabilitation services, insufficient knowledge of caregivers and financial constraints. In such a context there is an urgent need for studies of the evidence-based rehabilitation approach.

[Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation in a Neonate: a case report].

The aneurysm of the Galen vein is a rare and complex congenital intracerabral vascular malformation. We report a case suspected by the obstetric ultrasound in the third trimester and confirmed by the transfontanellar Doppler ultrasound and brain CT-Scan in the asymptomatic 11-day old baby born at term.

[Emergency treatment of sickle cell diseases in the Blood Diseases Department at the Koutoukou Maga National Teaching Hospital, Cotonou, Benin].

Introduction: Evolution of sickle cell disease is marked by the occurrence of acute complications, some of which are real emergencies that can give rise to life-threatening or functional cosequences. This study aims to evaluate the frequency and the evolution of emergency treatment of sickle cell disease in the Blood Diseases Department at the Koutoukou Maga National Teaching Hospital, Cotonou.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective and descriptive study of all patients hospitalized for emergency treatment of sickle cell disease from January 2014 to December 2015.

[Loss of capture by myocardial ischemia: A case report].

We report the case of a patient with pacemaker who presented chest pain during exercise followed by fainting. He has a history of arterial hypertension and diabetes. The initial examination was normal; the ventricular stimulation threshold was 1.