Managing specific learning disability in schools in IndiaSunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian Pediatr 48:515-20. 2011
..Once specific learning disability is recognized as a disability by the Government of India, these children with the backing of the Right to Education Act, would be able to benefit significantly...
- Impact of an education program on parental knowledge of specific learning disability
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022, India
Indian J Med Sci 61:398-406. 2007
..However, there is no reliable information available on parental knowledge about SpLD...
- Fanconi-Bickel syndrome
Sunil Karande
Developmental Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022, Maharashtra, India
Indian Pediatr 44:223-5. 2007
..Laboratory investigations confirmed severe hypophosphatemic rickets and proximal renal tubular dysfunction. Liver biopsy showed glycogen accumulation in the hepatocytes...
- Febrile seizures: a review for family physicians
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Med Sci 61:161-72. 2007
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- Autism: A review for family physicians
Sunil Karande
Developmental Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022, India
Indian J Med Sci 60:205-15. 2006
..The family physician can play an important role in detecting autism early, coordinating its assessment and treatment, counseling the parents and classroom teacher, and monitoring the child's progress on a long term basis...
- Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome to lamotrigine confirmed by lymphocyte stimulation in vitro
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian J Med Sci 60:59-63. 2006
..The potential of first-line aromatic anticonvulsants to cause AHS should be remembered in a patient who has developed AHS on exposure to lamotrigine. Timely recognition of this rare but potentially fatal drug reaction is important...
- Poor school performance
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 72:961-7. 2005
..It is important to find the reason(s) for a child's poor school performance and come up with a treatment plan early so that the child can perform up to full potential...
- Cognition in specific learning disability
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 72:1029-33. 2005
..To compare the cognition abilities of children with specific learning disability (SpLD) viz. dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia with those of non-impaired children...
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder--a review for family physicians
S Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Med Sci 59:546-55. 2005
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- Tuberculous meningitis and HIV
Sunil Karande
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 72:755-60. 2005
..To identify factors associated with HIV-infected status in children admitted with tuberculous meningitis (TBM), and to find out whether HIV co-infection affects in-hospital outcome...
- Clinical and psychoeducational profile of children with specific learning disability and co-occurring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Med Sci 61:639-47. 2007
..Almost 10% of school-going children have specific learning disability (SpLD) in the form of dyslexia, dysgraphia and/or dyscalculia. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) occurs as a comorbidity in about 20% of these children...
- Ocular sequelae of vitamin A deficiency. Same time, another place
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
Med J Aust 188:308; discussion 308. 2008
Clinical and psychoeducational profile of children with borderline intellectual functioningSunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 75:795-800. 2008
..To document the clinical profile and academic history of children with borderline intellectual functioning ("slow learners"); and to assess parental knowledge and attitudes regarding this condition...
- Update on available vaccines in India: report of the APPA VU 2010: I
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Indian J Pediatr 78:845-53. 2011
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- Update on imminent vaccines: report of the APPA VU 2010: II
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Indian J Pediatr 78:993-5. 2011
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- Impact of parenting practices on parent-child relationships in children with specific learning disability
S Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Learning Disability Clinic, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
J Postgrad Med 57:20-30. 2011
..Parents of children with specific learning disability (SpLD) undergo stress in coping up with their child's condition...
- Impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on health-related quality-of-l ife of specific learning disability children [corrected]
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 76:1119-24. 2009
..To evaluate the impact of co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with newly diagnosed specific learning disability (SpLD)...
- Anxiety levels in mothers of children with specific learning disability
S Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Learning Disability Clinic, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
J Postgrad Med 55:165-70. 2009
..Parents of children with specific learning disability (SpLD) undergo stress in coping with their child's condition...
- Quality of life of parents of children with newly diagnosed specific learning disability
S Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai 400 022, India
J Postgrad Med 55:97-103. 2009
..Poor school performance in children causes significant stress to parents...
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome revealing Takayasu's arteritis
Sunil Karande
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 76:218-20. 2009
..Prompt treatment of the hypertension led to rapid reversal of neurological symptoms. CT aortogram revealed aortoarteritis with bilateral renal artery stenosis...
- Health-related quality of life of children with newly diagnosed specific learning disability
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Paediatric Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai Bombay 400 022, Maharashtra, India
J Trop Pediatr 55:160-9. 2009
..006) or first-born status (p = 0.035) predicted a poor physical summary score. HRQL is significantly compromised in children having newly diagnosed SpLD...
- Impact of an educational program on parental knowledge of cerebral palsy
Sunil Karande
Developmental Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 75:901-6. 2008
..To investigate parental knowledge of cerebral palsy, and to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on it...
- Prognostic clinical variables in childhood tuberculous meningitis: an experience from Mumbai, India
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Neurol India 53:191-5; discussion 195-6. 2005
..In India, tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is still a major cause of neurological disabilities and death...
- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV
Sunil Karande
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022, Maharashtra, India
Indian Pediatr 42:608-9. 2005
- Clinical profile and outcome of acute respiratory failure
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 70:865-9. 2003
..To examine the etiological factors, clinical features, treatment modalities and outcome of acute respiratory failure in children...
- Leptospiral pneumonia
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 72:86. 2005
..Leptospirosis presenting with pulmonary hemorrhage has been associated with significant mortality but it can be successfully treated with early clinical suspicion of alveolar hemorrhage and prompt therapy...
- Patterns of prescription and drug dispensing
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 72:117-21. 2005
..To analyze the patterns of prescriptions and drug dispensing using World Health Organization core drug use indicators and some additional indices...
- Comparison of cognition abilities between groups of children with specific learning disability having average, bright normal and superior nonverbal intelligence
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022, India
Indian J Med Sci 59:95-103. 2005
..dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia are an important cause of academic underachievement. Aims: To assess whether cognition abilities vary in children with SpLD having different grades of nonverbal intelligence...
- Van der Woude syndrome
Sunil Karande
Developmental Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022, Maharashtra, India
Indian Pediatr 42:278. 2005
- Recollections of learning-disabled adolescents of their schooling experiences: a qualitative study
Sunil Karande
Learning Disability Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian J Med Sci 63:382-91. 2009
..Little is known about the actual impact of the schooling experience on adolescents with specific learning disability (SpLD)...
- Leptospirosis in children in Mumbai slums
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 69:855-8. 2002
..We report an outbreak of leptospirosis that occurred in children living in slums following heavy rainfall and flooding. This hospital-based prospective study was conducted from July to August 2001...
- Concurrent outbreak of leptospirosis and dengue in Mumbai, India, 2002
Sunil Karande
Department of Paediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India
J Trop Pediatr 51:174-81. 2005
..001). If both these features were present, the chances of the child having dengue increased significantly (p=0.001). Our study shows that a concurrent outbreak of leptospirosis and dengue had occurred in the slums of Mumbai city...
- Recollections of Indian children after discharge from an intensive care unit
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai Bombay, India
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:303-7. 2005
..To analyze the recollections of children following discharge from the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)...
- Utility of clinically-directed selective screening to diagnose HIV infection in hospitalized children in Bombay, India
Sunil Karande
Department of Paediatrics, LTM Medical College and LTMG Hospital, Bombay, India
J Trop Pediatr 48:149-55. 2002
..001). Our study shows that clinically-directed selective screening does have a practical role in diagnosing HIV infection in a resource-poor setting...
An observational study to detect leptospirosis in Mumbai, India, 2000S Karande
Department of Paediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Bombay, 400 022, India
Arch Dis Child 88:1070-5. 2003
..CONCLUSION: Leptospirosis should be suspected in febrile children with contact with flood water...
- Hepatic hydatid cyst rupturing into sub-diaphragmatic space and pericardial cavity
S R Ahuja
Department of Paediatrics, LTM Medical College and LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, India
J Postgrad Med 47:37-9. 2001
..There was an associated right-sided reactionary pleural effusion. The pericardial effusion and pleural effusion resolved on albendazole therapy and did not require surgical intervention...
- Educational provisions and learning disability
Madhuri Kulkarni
Learning Disability Clinic, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 73:789-93. 2006
..To assess the impact of the provisions of the Maharashtra government on the academic performance of children with specific learning disability (SpLD) at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) board examination...
- Multiple giant congenital melanocytic nevi with central nervous system melanosis
S R Ahuja
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, LTM Medical College and LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai-400022, India
Neurol India 51:541-3. 2003
..To our knowledge, neurocutaneous melanosis at such a young age has not been reported in Indian literature...
- Leptospirosis in children: a review for family physicians
Milind S Tullu
Department of Pediatrics, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
Indian J Med Sci 63:368-78. 2009
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- An unusual presentation of scurvy following head injury
S R Ahuja
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, LTM Medical College, LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022
Indian J Med Sci 56:440-2. 2002
..Scurvy should be kept as a differential diagnosis in a young child presenting with bleeding manifestations. Taking a detailed dietary history is of utmost importance in pediatric practice...
- Images in medicine. Double gibbus due to spinal tuberculosis
S R Ahuja
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai--400 022, India
J Postgrad Med 49:346-7. 2003
- Skeletal dysplasia with unusual visceral manifestations
S R Ahuja
Development Disorders Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, LTM Medical College and LTMG Hospital, Sion, Bombay 400 022, India
Postgrad Med J 78:99-100, 107. 2002
- Improving drug safety monitoring
Sunil Karande
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400022, India
Indian Pediatr 40:1167-75. 2003
..To achieve this aim, establishing in-hospital computerized event monitoring program in major hospitals and an effective national post- marketing drug surveillance network are the need of the hour...
- National pharmacovigilance program
Sandeep B Bavdekar
Department of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Indian Pediatr 43:27-32. 2006
- Bone metabolism alteration on antiepileptic drug therapy
Geetha Krishnamoorthy
Department of Biochemistry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Indian J Pediatr 76:377-83. 2009
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- Boutonneuse fever in a child: a case report and overview
Sanjeev R Ahuja
Department of Paediatrics, LTMG Hospital and LTM Medical College, Mumbai
J Indian Med Assoc 102:170-1, 173. 2004
..Rickettsial infection should be considered in a child presenting with an acute febrile illness with skin rash since the response to specific antimicrobial therapy is dramatic and life saving...
- Children and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai (Bombay), India
Sunil Karande
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1360-1. 2002
- Acute aseptic meningitis as the only presenting feature of leptospirosis
Sunil Karande
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:390-1. 2005
- Acquired multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in an immunocompetent adolescent
Sunil Karande
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:577-8. 2002
- Specific learning disability: the invisible handicap
Sunil Karande
Indian Pediatr 42:315-9. 2005
- Involving private pediatricians for research great caution required
S B Bavdekar
Indian Pediatr 45:516-7. 2008
- Glutaric aciduria type I associated with learning disability
Neela Patil
Indian J Pediatr 71:948. 2004
..Psychoeducational testing was used to diagnose the learning disability. We postulate that the accumulation of glutaric acid and other metabolites was responsible for the child developing the associated learning disability...
