Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 1984, Volume 3
Editorial Board
The Cover
Table of Contents
REVIEW ARTICLES
Laboratory diagnosis of meningitis: an overview in relation to the Sudan
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
A study on the aetiology of diarrhoeal diseases in Khartoum Metropolitan Area
Hassan E Elbushra and Hassan S Hassan ---------------------------------------------------------------------20
Thyroid function in cases of endemic goitre in the Sudan
Mohamed Ibrahim A Omer, Rl Logan, MD Connel and J H Hutchison ------------------------------------26
Frucosuria in a Sudanese family
Omer Karrar, Mohamed Ibrahim A Omer and M Ilahi --------------------------------------------------------37
Neonatal hepatitis and biliary atreria: a common aetiology
Zein A Karrar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------42
External physical characteristics in assessing gestational age in Sudanese newborns
Mohamed Ibrahim A Omer, El Tahir M El Shibly and D Y Dounham -------------------------------------46
Unusual sites of diphtheritic membrane and cervical oedema
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih, Gaafar I Suliman and Hassan S Hassan --------------------------------------52
Acceptability of oral rehydration therapy by Sudanese mothers and children
Hassan E Elbushra ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63
CURRENT ISSUES
Workshop on Priorities in Primary Health (FAO December, 1982):
Recommendation of the Committee on Immunization -------------------------------------------------------71
XVII International Congress of Paediatrics: WHO/IPA Pre-congress Workshop on Immunization (conclusion and recommendations) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------78
Pendred’ s syndrome in a Sudanese family
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih and Nemat Hashem ----------------------------------------------------------------86
Editorial Board
The Cover
Table of Contents
REVIEW ARTICLES
Laboratory diagnosis of meningitis: an overview in relation to the Sudan
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
A study on the aetiology of diarrhoeal diseases in Khartoum Metropolitan Area
Hassan E Elbushra and Hassan S Hassan ---------------------------------------------------------------------20
Thyroid function in cases of endemic goitre in the Sudan
Mohamed Ibrahim A Omer, Rl Logan, MD Connel and J H Hutchison ------------------------------------26
Frucosuria in a Sudanese family
Omer Karrar, Mohamed Ibrahim A Omer and M Ilahi --------------------------------------------------------37
Neonatal hepatitis and biliary atreria: a common aetiology
Zein A Karrar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------42
External physical characteristics in assessing gestational age in Sudanese newborns
Mohamed Ibrahim A Omer, El Tahir M El Shibly and D Y Dounham -------------------------------------46
Unusual sites of diphtheritic membrane and cervical oedema
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih, Gaafar I Suliman and Hassan S Hassan --------------------------------------52
Acceptability of oral rehydration therapy by Sudanese mothers and children
Hassan E Elbushra ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63
CURRENT ISSUES
Workshop on Priorities in Primary Health (FAO December, 1982):
Recommendation of the Committee on Immunization -------------------------------------------------------71
XVII International Congress of Paediatrics: WHO/IPA Pre-congress Workshop on Immunization (conclusion and recommendations) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------78
Pendred’ s syndrome in a Sudanese family
Mustafa Abdalla M Salih and Nemat Hashem ----------------------------------------------------------------86