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Long-term, small dose prednisone therapy in frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome of childhood. Effect on remission, statural growth, obesity, and infection rate.

Original article English Elzouki AY, Jaiswal OP. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1988 Aug;27(8):387-92. Abstract A prospective study was performed to evaluate the effect of long-term small-dose prednisone therapy in frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome (NS); 37 patients were included, with a relapse rate 4.6/patient/year (range, 3-8) (mean age, 6.7 …

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Subcutaneous emphysema complicating measles.

Case report English Chaturvedi P, Elzouki AA, Chaturvedi VN, Mathur NB. Indian Pediatr. 1987 Jul;24(7):595-7. Abstract Keywords: Subcutaneous emphysema complicating measles. Link/DOI:

Symptomatic urinary tract infection in pediatric patients–a developmental aspect.

Original article English Elzouki AY, Mir NA, Jeswal OP. Int J Pediatr Nephrol. 1985 Oct-Dec;6(4):267-70. Abstract A group of children (112) at different phase of development, i.e. neonates, infants, preschool and school children were studied for symptomatic UTI. The most common clinical presentations were loin pain (56.4%), fever (50.0%), diarrhea and vomiting (47.4%) in school, …

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Oral health practices and dental caries among Libyan pupils, Benghazi (1993-94).

Original article English al-Sharbati MM, Meidan TM, Sudani O. Department of Behavioural Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Oman. East Mediterr Health J. 2000 Sep-Nov;6(5-6):997-1004. Abstract We investigated the oral health practices and prevalence of dental caries among Libyan pupils (6-12 years), by studying 389 boys and 373 girls selected randomly from 11 …

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