2017 - Volume 22 [Issue 5]

Contents

Original-research-article

Hearing Impairment among Children and Adolescents of Consanguineous Parents: A Study with Practical Challenges Encountered in Malakand, Northern Pakistan

 

Aftab Alam Sthanadar^1,2, Muhammad Zahid¹ and Abdulbari Bener^3,4*

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.

 

Article Information

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..

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19661

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33713

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Original-research-article

Outcomes of Older Children with Kawasaki Disease Who Received Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy with Delayed Use of Anti-inflammatory Drugs

 

Toshimasa Nakada^1*

¹Department of Pediatrics, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, 〒030-8553 Higashi-tukurimiti 2-1-1, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

 

Article Information

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.

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19662

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34047

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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 Yue^1,2, Duncan E. T. Shepherd^1*, 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.

 

Article Information

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.

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19675

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/30457

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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 Unamba^1*, 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.

 

Article Information

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.

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19676

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/32894

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Short Research Article

Polymorphism of pfk13-propeller in Niger: Detection of Novel Mutations

 

Ibrahim Maman Laminou^1*, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine^1,2, 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.

 

Article Information

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.

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19677

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34192

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Case Study

Bilateral Renal Infarction in a Teenage Patient:  A Case of “Transient” Antiphospholipid Syndrome?

 

Shadwa Hassan¹, Diniece Barran¹, Eleny Romanos-Sirakis^1,2,3 and Richard Sidlow^1,2*

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.

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19678

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33611

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Original-research-article

Factors Influencing Mortality and Outcome of Burns from a Trauma Registry in Nigeria: A Retrospective Study

 

Sydney E. Ibeanusi^1* and P. N. Wichendu¹

¹Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

 

Article Information

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.

Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19693

 

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DOI : 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34268

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