Böcker av Aamir Al Mosawi

Non-syndromic agenesis of the corpus callosum is a rare congenital disorder that has not been described or documented in Iraq. In this book, two Iraqi infants with non-syndromic agenesis of the corpus callosum are described. One infant had the isolated type and the second infant had agenesis of the corpus callosum associated with colpocephaly. Both infants had the clinical features of the syndrome resulting from the associated failure of neuronal migration including hypotonia with poor spontaneous movements, and poor head control, and no response to voice. The infant with corpus callosum associated with colpocephaly was treated with a novel therapeutic approach aiming at improving brain functions and accelerating development. She received two medications given by intramuscular injections in five successive therapeutic courses over three months period. Treatment was associated with significant improvement. The second patient didn¿t receive any specific therapy during three months of observation and he didn¿t show any obvious improvement despite he didn¿t have colpocephaly.

Hypoparathyroidism is a rare endocrine disorder that can be congenital or acquired. The congenital disorder can result from aplasia or hypoplasia of parathyroids or occurs as a part of genetic syndromes such as Sanjad-Sakati-Richardson Kirk syndrome. Non-syndromic genetic hypoparathyroidism can be inherited as autosomal dominant and X-linked recessive disorders. Acquired hypoparathyroidism can be autoimmune disorder or classified as idiopathic. Autoimmune hypoparathyroidism is generally suggested by its frequent association with other autoimmune disorders and moniliasis. Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism has not been well documented in Iraq. However, a case of autoimmune hypoparathyroidism associated with alopecia totalis has been observed in Iraq during the 1990s and was reported in 2017 by Al Mosawi AJ. Sanjad Sakati Richardson Kirk Syndrome, a disorder associated with congenital hypoparathyroidism has been well described in Iraq by Al Mosawi AJ in 2018. The syndrome of childhood hypoparathyroidism, vitiligo, poliosis, and macrocytic anemia has not been reported in the literature before. The aim of this book is to describe the first case of this syndrome.

Cerebral palsy is a heterogeneous condition associated with a non-progressive lesion causing permanent disorder of movement with limited mobility. It is generally associated with gross motor developmental delay. In moderate to severe cases of cerebral palsy, motor developmental milestones such as walking may never be achieved. Little is known about the pattern of cerebral palsy in Iraq. The aim of this book is to describe the pattern of cerebral palsy in a sample of Iraqi children observed by a single pediatrician in a tertiary pediatric referral center. Spastic cerebral palsy affecting all limbs (Spastic quadriplegia) accounted for about 67 % of all Iraqi children with cerebral palsy. Radiologic evidence of diffuse brain atrophy was present in more than 25% of the patients with cerebral palsy in this series. This book can also serve medical educators and medical practitioners as an atlas of cerebral palsy as it is rich in photographs.

Physicians particularly consultants are frequently placed in teaching and training positions. Many doctors are teaching medical students in medical schools and training residents in teaching and university hospitals. In addition, many doctors have an obligation to the development of their students, trainee, and their organizations. Therefore, the principles and concepts of development have become increasingly relevant to doctors running hospitals, medical schools and other health institutions and centres. This book is a useful compendium of the conceptual structure of instruction and training styles and methodologies. This book serves well as a source of information to help doctors in training their less senior colleagues in different medical and clinical settings. In addition to enabling the essential understanding of the conceptual background of the process of training in general and training of trainers, this book can also help in optimizing the effectiveness of the training designed to build a potential cadre of trainers.