Frequency of malnutrition and overweight/obese patients was found higher in ADHD cases compared with control group, and this situation suggested that ADHD is a risk factor for the development of eating disorders.

The seropositivity rates for CD were found similar in ADHD and control groups. Thus, neither routine screening for CD nor empirical recommendation of gluten-free diet seems necessary in children with ADHD.

Bilateral facial paralysis is an uncommon clinical entity especially in the pediatric age group and occurs frequently as a manifestation of systemic disease. The most important causes are trauma, infectious diseases, neurological diseases, metabolic, neoplastic, autoimmune diseases and idiopathic disease (Bell's palsy). We report a case of an 11-year-old boy presenting with bilateral simultaneous peripheral facial paralysis. All possible infectious causes were excluded and the patient was diagnosed as having Bell's palsy (idiopathic). The most important approach in these cases is to rule out a life-threatening disease.

This is one of the first studies delineating some characteristic features of certain common childhood problems of pediatric cerebral palsy (CP) subjects that might have been overlooked in previous medical visits. We collected data on immunization and also blood, urine and stool specimens of 89 CP subjects and 80 control patients. The CP subjects had significantly higher ratios of anemia, urinary tract infections and missed shots of immunization than patients presenting with first seizure as control group (p<0.05 for each). There was no difference in ratio of intestinal parasites but was quite high in both groups (18%). It will afford a good opportunity for CP subjects if pediatric neurologists, who regularly follow up these patients, focus on some non-neurological but common childhood problems as well. Key Words: Cerebral Palsy; Urinary Tract Infection; Anemia; Missed Immunization Shots; Intestinal Parasites. Pediatrik Serebral Palsi Vakalarında Yaygın Çocukluk ProblemleriÖzet: Bu çalışma bir eğitim hastanesinde ayaktan takip edilen pediatrik serebral palsi (SP) vakalarında daha önce yapılmış muayenelerinde gözden kaçırılmış olabilecek yaygın çocukluk problemlerinin sıklığını belirleyen ilk çalışmalardan biridir. Aynı pediatrik nöroloji polikliniğinde takip edilen SP hastaları ile kontrol grubu olarak alınan ilk nöbet şikayetiyle başvuran vakalar karşılaştırıldı. Vakaların aşı verileri toplandı. Ayrıca 89 SP ile 80 kontrol hastasında kan, idrar ve gaitada parazit tetkikleri incelendi. Serebral palsi grubunda kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı derecede daha yüksek anemi, idrar yolu enfeksiyonu ve eksik aşılama oranları tespit edildi (her sonuç için p<0.05). Bağırsak paraziti oranı açısından farklılık tespit edilmedi ancak bu oran her iki grupta da hafif yüksek (%18) bulundu. Serebral palsi vakalarını düzenli takip eden pediatrik nöroloji poliklinik hekimlerinin nörolojik olmayan yaygın çocukluk problemlerine de zaman ayırması, bu hastalar için iyi bir fırsat olacaktır.

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