Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 2011, No. 1
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Editorial Board
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorials
A new horizon for the Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics
Mustafa Abdalla M. Salih, Satti Abdelrahim Satti……………………………………………………………………………4
Evaluation of Science
Adnan Mahmmood Usmani, Sultan Ayoub Meo………………………………….…………………………………………. 6
Review Articles
The role of the health system in the prevention of hearing loss among children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fayrouz Mohammed Abdalla, Mayeh Abu Omar …………………………………………………………..………….…. 8
Recognition and diagnostic approach to acute metabolic disorders in the neonatal period
Sarar Mohamed…………………………………………………..………...……………………..................................... 20
Original Articles
Recent intrauterine growth parameters of term Sudanese neonates in Khartoum compared to the findings three decades earlier
Sirag Eldin M. Kheir Abdel Rahman, Ghada O. Ibrahim……………………………………………………………….....29
Pathologic causes of liver disease in Sudanese children: Results of 450 liver needle biopsies at a single children hospital
Omayma M. Sabir…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…. 38
Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome in Sudanese children
Wiam A. Arabi, Areej A Basheer, Mohamed A. Abdullah……………………………………………………..………...42
Acute phase reactants in Sudanese children with severe protein-energy malnutrition
Omer S.M. Suliman, Mustafa A.M. Salih, Zein A. Karrar, Abdelrahim O. Mohammed, Chrestover Helsing....48
Case reports
Classic ataxia-telangiectasia in a Sudanese boy: Case report and review of the literature
Haydar El Hadi Babikir………………………………………..……...……………..……..……………………………….….60
Tyrosinemia Type1: A case report
Mohmood M. Rashad, Carmen Nassar ………………………….……………………………………………………….....64
Images in Pediatrics
Ascaris Lumbricoides in a 13–year-old child
Satti Abdulrahim Satti, Annas Hamdoun ………..…………………………….….…………………………………….….68
Historical Perspectives
Pioneers of Paediatrics in Sudan:Professor Mahmoud Mohamed Hassan
Mohamed Ahmed Abdullah………………………………………………...……..........................……..………............70
Guidelines to Contributors …………………..……………………………………………..……….…………………….…..72
Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................77
Editorial Board
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorials
A new horizon for the Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics
Mustafa Abdalla M. Salih, Satti Abdelrahim Satti……………………………………………………………………………4
Evaluation of Science
Adnan Mahmmood Usmani, Sultan Ayoub Meo………………………………….…………………………………………. 6
Review Articles
The role of the health system in the prevention of hearing loss among children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fayrouz Mohammed Abdalla, Mayeh Abu Omar …………………………………………………………..………….…. 8
Recognition and diagnostic approach to acute metabolic disorders in the neonatal period
Sarar Mohamed…………………………………………………..………...……………………..................................... 20
Original Articles
Recent intrauterine growth parameters of term Sudanese neonates in Khartoum compared to the findings three decades earlier
Sirag Eldin M. Kheir Abdel Rahman, Ghada O. Ibrahim……………………………………………………………….....29
Pathologic causes of liver disease in Sudanese children: Results of 450 liver needle biopsies at a single children hospital
Omayma M. Sabir…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…. 38
Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome in Sudanese children
Wiam A. Arabi, Areej A Basheer, Mohamed A. Abdullah……………………………………………………..………...42
Acute phase reactants in Sudanese children with severe protein-energy malnutrition
Omer S.M. Suliman, Mustafa A.M. Salih, Zein A. Karrar, Abdelrahim O. Mohammed, Chrestover Helsing....48
Case reports
Classic ataxia-telangiectasia in a Sudanese boy: Case report and review of the literature
Haydar El Hadi Babikir………………………………………..……...……………..……..……………………………….….60
Tyrosinemia Type1: A case report
Mohmood M. Rashad, Carmen Nassar ………………………….……………………………………………………….....64
Images in Pediatrics
Ascaris Lumbricoides in a 13–year-old child
Satti Abdulrahim Satti, Annas Hamdoun ………..…………………………….….…………………………………….….68
Historical Perspectives
Pioneers of Paediatrics in Sudan:Professor Mahmoud Mohamed Hassan
Mohamed Ahmed Abdullah………………………………………………...……..........................……..………............70
Guidelines to Contributors …………………..……………………………………………..……….…………………….…..72
Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................77