Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cases on the Rise in Pakistan
Tahir Sultan Shamsi
Human immunodeficiency virus infection leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. After horizontal transmission…
Received: September 12, 2019
Accepted: September 13, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0091
Frequency of UTI in Children Presenting with Fever without Focus
Asma Danish, Malahat Sohaib, Uzma Abdul Jabbar, Samina Shamim
Abstract: Introduction: To determine the frequency of Urinary tract infections in children presenting with fever without a focus – a tertiary care hospital experience.
Received: July 04, 2019
Revised: September 12, 2019
Accepted: September 13, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0093
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Public and Private School Children below 10 years’ at Tarakeswor-10 Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Nepal
Bhumi Gurung, Janak Raj Subedi, Bijay Chhetri
Objective: Intestinal parasitosis is one of the chief causes of public health problems particularly in developing countries.
Received: March 7, 2019
Revised: June 1, 2019
Accepted: June 20, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0097
Prevalence of Lactose Intolerance and its Association with Malnutrition in Children
Neel Kanth, Sejal Neel, Ramchandani Santosh, Zainab Abbasi
Abstract: Introduction: Lactose Intolerance is an important indicator of under nutrition, as studied in many setting. More than 60% especially in older school going children had a hypolactasia and half of them had Lactose intolerance.
Received: June 14, 2019
Revised: July 26, 2019
Accepted: August 01, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0103
Paradigm of Bone Marrow Metastasis in Retinoblastoma
Shahzad Ali Jiskani, Samina Amanat, Lubna Naseem, Sundas Ali, Aliena Sohail, Asfa Zawar
Abstract: Introduction: Retinoblastoma is most common pediatric ocular malignancy. Majority of patients presented with unilateral disease.
Received: July 01, 2019
Revised: August 30, 2019
Accepted: September 02, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0110
How Obesity Affects Our Health
Rana Khalid Iqbal, Nasrullah, Farah Masood, Sidra Ikram
Abstract: Introduction: Obesity is a form in which there is fat collection of body overweight or adipose tissue. This accumulation happens in lean body mass of muscles and unlike connective tissue.
Received: May 25, 2019
Revised: August 03, 2019
Accepted: August 05, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0113
Hodgkin Lymphoma in a Child Presenting as HLH (Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis)-EBV is Central to Both Entities: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Asma Danish, Zainab Sharif , Saima Munzir, Tahir Sultan Shamsi
Abstract: HLH is a rare life threatening systemic disease resulting from unregulated immune activation presenting with diverse clinical manifestations and etiologies.
Received: July 04, 2019
Revised: July 30, 2019
Accepted: August 20, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0119
Hb Sallanches: A Rare Mutational Variant of Alpha Thalassemia with Codon 105 Involvement
Maria Zahid Ahmed, Amber Younas, Saba Shahid, Saima Munzir, Munira Borhany, Tahir Sultan Shamsi
Abstract: Thalassemia is the most prevalent disease in our part of the world. Due to its mode of inheritance, timely diagnosis and identification can help in eradicating the fatal and life threatening consequences of this disease.
Received: November 25, 2018
Revised: July 31, 2019
Accepted: August 09, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0123
Extreme Thrombocytosis not always Essential ThrombocythemiaBCR-ABL has to be Done Timely
Uzma Mahar, Nida Anwar, Jawad Hassan, Tahir Sultan Shamsi
Abstract: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the major proliferative component is comprised of granulocytes and is characterized by translocation of BCR-ABL and formation of Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome.
Received: June 10, 2019
Revised: July 31, 2019
Accepted: August 01, 2019
doi.org/10.21089/njhs.43.0126
