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Q. In a minor with thalassemia in an infant, how much iron is prescribed for 2 years? Is it needed?

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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

An 8-year-old boy presented in November 2024 with abdominal distention, intermittent vomiting and an inability to spontaneously pass stools requiring multiple enemas for 1 month. He had progressive inability to get up from a squatting position starti ...

What are the gastrointestinal manifestations in DMD and how to treat them?

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 4-year-old boy 2nd born of third-degree consanguineous marriage presented with cough and breathlessness for 10 days. He was operated on for an inguinal hernia at 4 months of age and was treated for rickets in view of skeletal deformities. Milestones are normal. On examination, he had bronchospasm, ...

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