| hereditary spherocytosis. | a 12-year-old girl was brought to the dhaka hospital of icddr,b with diarrhoea. incidentally, the parents provided a history of repeated episodes of pallor and jaundice since she was two and half years old. three of her family members had similar problems. history, clinical examination, and laboratory findings of the girl and her family members suggested a case of hereditary spherocytosis. to our knowledge, this is the first report of such a case in bangladesh. | 2010 | 20214092 |
| spatial distribution and temporal variability of arsenic in irrigated rice fields in bangladesh. 1. irrigation water. | around 38% of the area of bangladesh is irrigated with groundwater to grow dry season crops, most importantly boro rice. due to high as concentrations in many groundwaters, over 1000 tons of as are thus transferred to arable soils each year, creating a potential risk for future food production. we studied the reactions and changing speciation of as, fe, p, and other elements in initially anoxic water during and after irrigation and the resulting spatial distribution of as input to paddy soils ne ... | 2007 | 17937267 |
| persistent diarrhoea: management in algorithmic approach using a low-cost rice-based diet in severely malnourished bangladeshi children. | easy and successful dietary management of persistent diarrhoea has been a long desired goal. finding an efficient diet which is economically feasible, and easy to prepare in poor homes of developing countries, has not been easy. a dietary algorithm was followed to test the clinical efficacy of an inexpensive and easy to prepare diet made up with rice powder, egg white, glucose, and soya oil. we studied a cohort of 100 severely malnourished children aged between 3 and 36 months with persistent di ... | 1993 | 8133553 |