Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in hildren which begin before 16 years of age. The objective of this study was to evaluate the profile of patients who diagnosed as JIA. The descriptive retrospective study was done to patients with JIA who came to Allergy Immunology Division, Department of Child Health Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung during Jan…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a infection disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis itself is not the only factor ofTB. Polymorphism of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is important on the susceptibility of TB. The aim was to find out the role of Fokl, Bsml, Apal, and TaqI VDR gene polymorphism on child TB. The observational analytic study with case control design was done in…
Atopic diseases are the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Their incidence has a tendency to increase recently. The tendency of atopy could be triggered by many factors originated in the early life, including early introduction of solid food. To investigate the association between initial solid food and atopy, an analytic comparative study with historical cohort design was conducted fro…