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'Solar kids' who stop moving at night perplex doctors in Pakistan Medics baffled by two brothers who behave normally in day but lapse into catatonic state as soon as sun sets
The Express Tribune > Pakistan
Life after dark: Solar children started moving around at night
By Shahzad Anwar
Published: May 12, 2016
ISLAMABAD: The ?solar children? from Balochistan have become active at night after undergoing a short but intensive treatment regimen at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
The boys, nicknamed ?solar children? because of an uncommon ailment which caused them to temporarily become paralysed at night, have been under treatment at the hospital for two weeks.
?We have sent their blood samples to the University of Maryland, USA. We will need further time diagnose the genetic profile of the disease,? Shaheed Zulfiqar Medical University (SZABMU) Vice Chancellor Dr Javed Akram, who is also chairman of the medical board constituted to diagnose and treat the solar children, told the Express Tribune...
Life after dark: Solar children started moving around at night
By Shahzad Anwar
Published: May 12, 2016
ISLAMABAD: The ?solar children? from Balochistan have become active at night after undergoing a short but intensive treatment regimen at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
The boys, nicknamed ?solar children? because of an uncommon ailment which caused them to temporarily become paralysed at night, have been under treatment at the hospital for two weeks.
?We have sent their blood samples to the University of Maryland, USA. We will need further time diagnose the genetic profile of the disease,? Shaheed Zulfiqar Medical University (SZABMU) Vice Chancellor Dr Javed Akram, who is also chairman of the medical board constituted to diagnose and treat the solar children, told the Express Tribune...