6 results match your criteria: "KAHER'S JN Medical College[Affiliation]"

Background: Palmoplantar warts are quite resistant to treatment, so treating them is a challenge as ablative modalities lead to pain, temporary immobility, secondary infections, and scarring. The treatment of warts using immunotherapeutic methods and cytotoxic methods is being increasingly used to overcome drawbacks in the treatment of warts.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intralesional mumps-measles-rubella (MMR) vaccine versus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in the treatment of palmoplantar warts.

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Poor infant young child feeding (IYCF) practices result in malnutrition, poor psychosocial development, poor school performance and less productivity in later life, thereby perpetuating a vicious cycle. The current study aims to characterize the IYCF practices during the first year of life in a maternal-child birth cohort (DHANI) in Belagavi, Karnataka, India. We collected data from the dyad at birth, 6 and 12 months postpartum.

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Intake of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA 22:6n-3) is very low among Indian pregnant women. Maternal supplementation during pregnancy and lactation may benefit offspring neurodevelopment. We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test the effectiveness of supplementing pregnant Indian women (singleton gestation) from ≤20 weeks through 6 months postpartum with 400 mg/d algal DHA compared to placebo on neurodevelopment of their offspring at 12 months.

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Clinical Profile and Short-term Outcome of Pediatric Status Epilepticus.

Indian Pediatr

March 2020

Child Development and Pediatric Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, KAHER's JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka 590010.

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Objective: To assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation in the prevention of recurrent pneumonia in under-five children.

Methods: The present one year 8 months longitudinal, community-based randomized controlled study included a total of 100 under-five children with pneumonia. Children were divided into two groups: intervention group (Group I: standard treatment with vitamin D 300,000 IU; n = 50) and control group (Group C: standard treatment only; n = 50).

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