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Kundu GK, Tabassum CR, Nandi ER. Sleep Disturbance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross Sectional Study. Mymensingh Med J 2022; 31:758-766. [PMID: 35780361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sleep problems are commonly seen in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). According to previous research, sensory problems and anxiety may be related to the development and maintenance of sleep problems in children with ASD. To determine pattern and severity sleep disturbance in children with autism spectrum disorder. This descriptive cross sectional study was done in Institute of Paediatric Neuro-disorder and Autism (IPNA) and Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh from October 2017 to September 2018. A total of 59 children aged 3 to 15 year who were diagnosed as ASD according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) were enrolled in this study. Sleep disturbances were recorded in the standard questionnaire. The mean age was 49.78±20.69 months and male to female ratio was almost 4:1. More than two third (69.2%) patients had sleep awakening in mild, 7(36.8%) in moderate autism spectrum disorder. The difference was statistically significant (p<0.05) among three groups. More than half (56.4%) patients had sleep starting 12 am to 2 am in mild, 3(15.8%) in moderate autism spectrum disorder. The difference was statistically significant (p<0.05) among three groups. Sleep awakening and sleep starting time were significantly associated with autism spectrum disorder.
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- G K Kundu
- Dr Gopen Kumar Kundu, Associate Professor, Paediatric Neurology. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Kang HY, Kim C, Kim D, Lee YJ, Park HJ, Kundu GK, Kim YK, Bibi R, Jang J, Lee KH, Kim HW, Yun SG, Kim H, Kang CK. Identifying patterns in the multitrophic community and food-web structure of a low-turbidity temperate estuarine bay. Sci Rep 2020; 10:16637. [PMID: 33024163 PMCID: PMC7538895 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73628-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Food web dynamics outline the ecosystem processes that regulate community structure. Challenges in the approaches used to capture topological descriptions of food webs arise due to the difficulties in collecting extensive empirical data with temporal and spatial variations in community structure and predator-prey interactions. Here, we use a Kohonen self-organizing map algorithm (as a measure of community pattern) and stable isotope-mixing models (as a measure of trophic interaction) to identify food web patterns across a low-turbidity water channel of a temperate estuarine-coastal continuum. We find a spatial difference in the patterns of community compositions between the estuarine and deep-bay channels and a seasonal difference in the plankton pattern but less in the macrobenthos and nekton communities. Dietary mixing models of co-occurring dominant taxa reveal site-specific but unchanging food web topologies and the prominent role of phytoplankton in the trophic base of pelagic and prevalent-detrital benthic pathways. Our approach provides realistic frameworks for linking key nodes from producers to predators in trophic networks.
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- Hee Yoon Kang
- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Bioscience, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, 25457, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Science Education, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, 38453, Republic of Korea
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- South Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Yeosu, 59780, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
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Rahman SM, Kundu GK, Akhter S, Ahmed S, Lailatunnessa M, Rahman MM. Childhood Neuro-developmental Disorder (Rett Syndrome): A Case Report. Mymensingh Med J 2020; 29:460-463. [PMID: 32506106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rett syndrome is a disorder of early brain development which is clinically characterized by arrested neuro-development. We found one such 5.5 years old girl whose physical and mental development was normal up to 17 months of age, followed by regression. She had lost her already acquired purposeful hand movements, appearance of stereotyped hand movements, along with development of epilepsy. To our knowledge such case is being reported for the first time from Bangladesh. The purpose of this case report is to increase awareness of this syndrome among physicians specially paediatricians, thereby aiding early diagnosis and treatment.
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- S M Rahman
- Dr Sk Masiur Rahman, Junior Consultant (Paediatrics), Upazilla Health Complex, Keshabpur, Jessore, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Kundu GK, Ahmed S, Akhter S, Islam S. Neuro-Imaging Changes in Cerebral Palsy: A Cross Sectional Study. Mymensingh Med J 2020; 29:121-128. [PMID: 31915347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non- progressive disorder of movement and posture due to a lesion of the developing brain. It is the commonest physical disability in childhood that affects function and development. Neuro imaging is currently recommended as a standard evaluation in children with cerebral palsy. This hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted in Paediatric Neurology out-patient department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh from July 2015 to December 2015 to see the frequency and pattern of neuro-imaging findings in children with cerebral palsy. A total of 130 cases those who were attended and diagnosed as cerebral palsy based on history, clinical examination and neuro developmental assessment included in this study. All patients were sent to radiology & imaging department of same hospital for CT scan of brain. Among total 130 cerebral palsy patients male were more affected than female (88 boys and 42 girls) with male to female ratio 2.09: 1. Their ages ranged between 6-72 months with a mean age 25.6 months. The commonest age group was 6-24 months (46.9%). Common mode of delivery was normal vaginal delivery (62.3%) & Perinatal asphyxia (PNA) occurred in 66.9% cases. The commonest type of cerebral palsy was spastic form. Among them most cases were quadriplegic type, 64 cases (53.3%). Other cases were hemiplegic 27(20.7%) diplegic 13(10.0%). Total 84.7% had documented cerebral neuroimaging abnormalities; among them, diffuse cortical atrophy (46.9%), encephalomalacic change (19.9%), malformation (6.1%), and calcification (5.3%). CT scan was normal in 15.3% cases of cerebral palsy. The commonest co morbidity was speech delay (50%). Most of the patient with CP had abnormal CT scan finding though some patient had normal CT scan. Diffuse cerebral atrophy and encephalomalacic changes constitute frequent CT neuroimaging findings and commonly found in quadriplegic type of cerebral pulsy patients. Though diagnosis of cerebral palsy is essentially clinical, neuro imaging improves the understanding of the neuro-anatomical basis for function in CP. Etiology, type of CP and extent of motor impairments can easily be identified by the neuro imaging.
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- G K Kundu
- Dr Gopen Kumar Kundu, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatric Neurology & IPNA, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Kundu GK, Ahmed S, Akhter S, Islam MT, Dwa T, Sabbir AM. Clinical and Neuro-radiological Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in Tertiary Care Centre. Mymensingh Med J 2018; 27:144-148. [PMID: 29459606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a common neurocutaneous disorder characterized by hamartomatous changes in the lungs, brain, kidneys, skin, heart, and other organs. This retrospective study was done to see the clinical presentation and neuro imaging pattern of TSC in a tertiary care centre of Bangladesh and was conducted at Pediatric Neurology Unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 2013 to December 2013. Among total 10 patients male-female ratio was 3:2. Commonest age group was 1-5 year in 50%. Common cutaneous abnormality was facial angiofibroma in 100%. Commonest neurological presentation was epilepsy in100%, ASD in 20% patient. Common renal manifestation was multicystic kidney disease (20%). CT/MRI findings were periventricular calcifications in 70% patients. In this study facial angiofibroma is the most common skin manifestation and epilepsy is the common neurological presentationandperiventricular calcification is the most common neuro-radiological findings in tuberous sclerosis complex.
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- G K Kundu
- Dr Gopen Kumar Kundu, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Kundu GK, Rahman MM, Paul BK, Sarkar S. Bickerstaff's Brainstem Encephalitis - A Case Report. Mymensingh Med J 2015; 24:628-630. [PMID: 26329968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A 11 years male child was presented with fever, headache, vertigo, repeated seizure for 8 days. He had also complains of hemiperesis of right side and impaired vision. On examination patient was drowsy and somnolent. Paralysis of circular muscles of eye ball, exaggerated deep reflexes, extensor planter reflexes and right sided ataxia were present. All routine investigations revealed normal findings except CSF showed slight pleocytosis. MRI of brain revealed hyper intensity of midbrain in left side. The diagnosis of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) was strongly suggested from the medical history, clinical examination, biochemical and radiological (MRI) findings of brain. The purpose of our report is to highlight this very rare disease to all.
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- G K Kundu
- Dr Gopen Kumar Kundu, Assistant Professor, Paediatric Neurology Unit, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Islam MN, Islam MN, Hoque MA, Latif SA, Mollah AH, Hossain MA, Husain MF, Rahman MA, Akhtaruzzaman M, Khan AH, Paul BK, Kundu GK. Peak expiratory flow rate of normal school going children in Mymensingh municipality. Mymensingh Med J 2013; 22:438-443. [PMID: 23982530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This cross sectional study was conducted to measure the PEFR values of normal school going children of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Peak expiatory flow rate (PEFR) is a lung function test which is easily measurable and reproducible but the base line values of PEFR have not been studied in large scale among Bangladeshi children. In Mymensingh municipality out of 79 schools 4 schools were selected purposively. A total of 984 (499 boys and 485 girls, nearly equal in ratio) normal children (6-15 years), were selected randomly by using lottery technic in classroom. To obtain peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) mini Wright peak flow meter was used. The highest of three readings was taken as the correct value. Anthropometric parameters including body weight and height were recorded by bathroom scale and stadiometer respectively and body surface area was calculated. According to age interval (10 months) in boys and girls the mean difference of PEFR values showed that among age categories of 6, 7 & 8 years had no significant (p were <0.18, <0.73 and <0.70 accordingly) and all other age categories the mean difference of PEFR between boys and girls had significant (p<0.01). The correlation coefficient (r values) and the level of significance between different anthropometric parameters and PEFR in case of boys and girls were significant (p<0.001). Correlation of height (boys r=0.961 & girls r=0.954) with PEFR was the highest in comparison to other anthropometric parameters (age, sex and body weight). Boys had significantly higher values of PEFR than the girls at any height.
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- M N Islam
- Dr Md Nurul Islam, Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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Khair MA, Rahman MS, Khanam F, Haque S, Hoque MM, Rahman MM, Paul BK, Kundu GK. Sexual and urinary outcome after surgical treatment for low rectal cancer. Mymensingh Med J 2013; 22:444-451. [PMID: 23982531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Carcinoma involving the lower part of the rectum is now successfully managed by sphincter saving surgery with less morbidity and uneventful recovery. This study was designed to observe the sexual and urinary dysfunction in both sexes of the patients suffering from cancer of the lower third of the rectum managed by surgical intervention with preservation of sphincter. A comparative study was carried out on 54 patients with low rectal cancer who underwent ultra-low anterior resection in the department of surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka from January, 2009 to December, 2010. Patients were divided into two groups depending on the tumor distance from anal verge. Thirty one (57%) patients were in Group A (Experimental) where tumor distance was 5cm from anal verge and upper 1cm of anal sphincter was sacrificed during surgical intervention. Twenty three (43%) patients were in Group B (Control) where tumor distance was 6cm from anal verge and whole length (4cm) of anal sphincter was preserved during surgical intervention. The mean±SD age of the patients was 45.96±14.41 years. During surgery, ultra low anterior resection was performed to remove the tumor in all patients and for anastomosis double stapling technique was performed in 52(96%) patients and hand sewn technique was performed in 2(4%) patients irrespective of tumor distance from anal verge. Covering ileostomy was fashioned in all but one patient. During post-operative follow up Sexual activity in both groups of male patients (Potency, P=0.17; ejaculation; satisfaction and loss of libido, P=0.15) and in female patients (Satisfaction and loss of libido, P=0.15) was not significantly hampered following surgery. Urinary function was assessed by incontinence, increased frequency (P=0.54) and retention (n=0) which were not impaired significantly following surgery. Sexual and urinary function was not significantly impaired in both sexes after low rectal cancer surgery. Sphincter saving surgery can be performed in a very low rectal cancer with preservation of anal sphincter.
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- M A Khair
- Dr Mohammed Abu Khair, Resident Surgeon (General Surgery), Department of Surgery, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh
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Ahmed MK, Kundu GK, Al-Mamun MH, Sarkar SK, Akter MS, Khan MS. Chromium (VI) induced acute toxicity and genotoxicity in freshwater stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2013; 92:64-70. [PMID: 23474066 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Acute toxicity and genotoxicity of Chromium(VI) as K2Cr2O7 were evaluated in freshwater stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. Fish showed behavioral alterations after K2Cr2O7 exposure and 96h-LC50 was 35.724mg/L in semi-static bioassay. Fish were exposed to three sub-lethal concentrations (concentration I=1/4th of 96h-LC50, concentration II=1/10th of 96h-LC50 and concentration III=environmental concentration of Cr reported in the river Buriganga). Blood, liver and gill samples were collected after 48h, 96h and 192h. Micronucleus (MN) assay was conducted in blood erythrocytes and DNA damage was evaluated by comet assay in whole blood, gill and liver tissues. Cr(VI) significantly (p<0.05) induced MN frequency and tail DNA (percent) which increased in a concentration depended manner in all types of tissues. Frequency of MN and tail DNA (percent) increased after 48 and 96h of exposure which decreased after 192h of exposure. The liver was the most sensitive to chromium (VI) exposure among the tissues with highest tail DNA (33.70±0.68 percent) at 9.0mg/L after 96h. This study found MN and comet assays in combination as an adequate approach for ecotoxicological monitoring and Cr(VI) as potential genotoxic agent.
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- M K Ahmed
- Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
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