The aim of this study is to collect more information about
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Syria due to it being one of the
most common causes of preventable mental retardation if detected
at early stage and treatment is preventable, and to the
absence of any
published statistics regarding it in our country, and to emphasize on
the necessity of applying a mandatory newborn screening program
for early diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism to improvement of
child’s life, by investigating the adequacy of the clinical
determination the physician's experience to get an early diagnosis.
Reumatic fever and rheumatic heart desease are still common and major
public health problems in developing countries, include Syria. For their the
study aims to present state and characteristics of RF in the last 10 year. and
to determine the rule
of ECHO / Doppler in the diagnosis of subclinc RHD.
285 patients with RF who were hospitalized at Damascus University
Children’s Hospital between Jan .1994 and Dec.2003 were reviewed
retrospectively.
