2017 - Volume 22 [Issue 5]
Original-research-article
Hearing Impairment among Children and Adolescents of Consanguineous Parents: A Study with Practical Challenges Encountered in Malakand, Northern Pakistan
Aftab Alam Sthanadar1,2, Muhammad Zahid1 and Abdulbari Bener3,4*
1Islamia College University, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2Department of Zoology and Animal Sciences, Post Graduate College, Dargai, Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
3Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
4Department of Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Editor(s):
(1) Gauri Mankekar, ENT Department, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Reviewers:
(1) Ramesh Parajuli, Chitwan Medical College, Nepal.
(2) Onotai Lucky Obukowho, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
(3) Ayotunde James Fasunla, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
(4) Sujatha S., Kerala University of Health Sciences, India.
(5) Laura Smith-Olinde, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, U.S.A..
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33713
Original-research-article
Outcomes of Older Children with Kawasaki Disease Who Received Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy with Delayed Use of Anti-inflammatory Drugs
Toshimasa Nakada1*
1Department of Pediatrics, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, 〒030-8553 Higashi-tukurimiti 2-1-1, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
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Editor(s):
(1) Amosy Ephreim M´koma, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA.
(2) Mohamed Essa, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.
Reviewers:
(1) Sanja Javor, University Hospital San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
(2) Kim Hyun Jung, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
(3) Thomas Weiler, Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
(4) Sujoy Khan Frcp (Edin) Frcpath, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India.
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34047
Original-research-article
The Effect of Fluid-structure Interaction in Finite-element Analysis of Skull Bone on Relieving Cerebral Injury in a Porcine Model
Xian Fang Yue1,2, Duncan E. T. Shepherd1*, Daniel M. Espino1, Li Wang2 and Hongwu Meng2
1School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
2School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
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Editor(s):
(1) Rodrigo Crespo Mosca, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Energetic and Nuclear Research (IPEN-CNEN), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil.
Reviewers:
(1) Y. Kiran Kumar, Philips Electronics India Ltd, Bangalore, India.
(2) Danladi Sambo Amaza, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria.
(3) Syed A. Jamal, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.
(4) M. Alvaro Valencia, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
(5) Toshihiro Sera, Kyushu University, Japan.
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/30457
Original-research-article
The Relationship between Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Left Ventricular Function in Drug-naïve Asymptomatic Hypertensive Adults in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Norbert Ndubuisi Unamba1*, Akpa Maclean Romokere2 and Odia Osaretin James2
1Department of Medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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Editor(s):
(1) Ricardo Forastiero, Professor of Physiology and Internal Medicine, Haematology, Favaloro University, Argentina.
Reviewers:
(1) Ana Paula Cabral de Faria, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
(2) Luis Antonio Moreno-Ruiz, Hospital de Cardiología, México City, México.
(3) Sofia Amjad, Ziauddin University, Pakistan.
(4) Godfrey B. S. Iyalomhe, Ambrose Alli University College of Medicine, Ekpoma, Nigeria.
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/32894
Short Research Article
Polymorphism of pfk13-propeller in Niger: Detection of Novel Mutations
Ibrahim Maman Laminou1*, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine1,2, Boubacar Mahamadou1, Oumou Maïga Ascofaré3 and Alioune Dieye2
1Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, 634 Bd de la Nation. 034 Yantala BP: 10887, Niamey, Niger.
2Université Cheick Anta Diop-Dakar, Sénégal.
3Benhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
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Editor(s):
(1) Crispim Cerutti Junior, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.
Reviewers:
(1) Leonardo Basco, Aix Marseille Université, France.
(2) Francis W. Hombhanje, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea.
(3) Issiaka Soulama, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme (CNRFP), Burkina Faso.
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34192
Case Study
Bilateral Renal Infarction in a Teenage Patient: A Case of “Transient” Antiphospholipid Syndrome?
Shadwa Hassan1, Diniece Barran1, Eleny Romanos-Sirakis1,2,3 and Richard Sidlow1,2*
1Department of Pediatrics, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10305, USA.
2Department of Pediatrics, Hofstra Northwell Medical School, Hempstead, NewYork, USA.
3Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Staten Island, New York, USA.
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Editor(s):
(1) Josephat M. Chinawa, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria and Department of Pediatrics, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria.
(2) Toru Watanabe, Department of Pediatrics, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan.
Reviewers:
(1) Anabela Malho Guedes, Hospital de Faro, Faro, Portugal.
(2) Doaa Youssef, Zagazig University, Egypt.
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33611
Original-research-article
Factors Influencing Mortality and Outcome of Burns from a Trauma Registry in Nigeria: A Retrospective Study
Sydney E. Ibeanusi1* and P. N. Wichendu1
1Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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Editor(s):
(1) Theocharis Koufakis, Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece and School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Reviewers:
(1) Ahmed Hassan El- Sabbagh, Mansoura University, Egypt.
(2) Alessandro Borgognone, S. Eugenio Hospital of Rome, Italy.
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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34268
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