M. A. Wahed

Intestinal transport of different electrolyte solutions across small intestine of rabbit in vivo (2007)

Islam, S., Rahman, A ., Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Wahed, M.A., Rabbani, G.H.

Objective: Determine the relative effects of different electrolyte solutions in optimizing intestinal absorption of water and electrolytes. Methodology: The rice electrolyte solutions, called...

Prepration and quality control of hand-packaged oral rehydration salt sachets (2007)

Ali, M.A., Wahed, M.A.

The feasibility of a simple method for preparation of oral rehydration salt (ORS) packets suitable for cottage industry-scale production over a 3-year period was tested. Each packet contained...

A modified routine analysis of Arsenic content in drinking-water in Bangladesh by hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry (2007)

Wahed, M.A., Chowdhury, Dulaly, Nermell, Barbro, Khan, Shafiqul Islam, Ilias, Mohammad, Rahman, Mahfuzar, ...

The high prevalence of elevated levels of arsenic in drinking-water in many countries, including Bangladesh, has necessitated the development of reliable and rapid methods for the determination of a...

A Modified Routine Analysis of Arsenic Content in Drinking-water in Bangladesh by Hydride Generation-Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (2006)

M. A. Wahed, Dulaly Chowdhury, Barbro Nermell, Shafiqul Islam Khan, Mohammad Ilias, Mahfuzar Rahman, ...

The high prevalence of elevated levels of arsenic in drinking-water in many countries, including Bangladesh, has necessitated the development of reliable and rapid methods for the determination of a...

Subclinical vitamin a deficiency in pre-school children living in urban slums of Dhaka City (1998)

Wahed, M.A., Haque, Rashidul, Talukder, Sadiqur R, Albert, M.John, Alvarez, J.O.

Objective: Assess the biochemical evidence of vitamin A deficiency in pre-school children living in the urban slums of Dhaka Methodology: To examine the separate and combined effects of low-dose...

Effect of zinc and vitamin A supplementation in undernourished children with persistent diarrhoea in Bangladesh(abstract) (1998)

Khatun, F., Roy, S.K., Malek, M.A., Wahed, M.A., Sarkar, N.R., Saifuddin, N.M., ...

Objective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy of vitamin A and/or zinc supplementation on the clinical course of persistent diarrhoea in Bangladeshi children. Methodology: A double-blind randomized,...

Lipopolysaccharide-specific antibodies in plasma and stools of children with Shigella-associated leukemoid reaction and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (1996)

Azim, Tasnim, Qadri, Fiedausi, Ahmed, Sharmeen, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Halder, Ramesh C., Hamadani, Jena, ...

Antibody responses to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of shigellae were compared between children with uncomplicated and complicated Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. One hundred fifteen children...

Zinc concentration of breast milk and its diurnal variation in Bangladeshi mothers (1996)

Hussain, M., Sikder, Z.U., Wahed, M.A., Jahan, F.

Little is known about the zinc content of breast milk in developing countries. Zinc content in breast milk was analyzed in 34 mothers of low socio-economic status; 17 were primiparae and 17...

Administration of 25,000 IU vitamin A doses at routine immunisation in young infants (1995)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Islam, M. Aminul, Habte, D.

To investigate whether monthly administration of vitamin A at routine immunisation produces any side-effects, and to examine the effect of this supplementation on the vitamin A nutrition status of...

Comparison of the modified relative dose response (MRDR) and the relative dose response (RDR) in the assessment of vitamin A status in malnourished children (1995)

Wahed, M.A., Alvarez, Jose O., Khaled, Muhammad A., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Rahman, M. Mujibur, Habte, Demisse

The modified-relative-dose-response (MRDR) test and the relative-dose-response (RDR) test were compared in 49 mildly to moderately malnourished Bangladeshi children. The MRDR test had a significantly...

Bacterial translocation in the rat model of lectin induced diarrhoea (1995)

Shoda, R., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Albert, M. John

Red kidney beans were fed to weanling Long-Evans rats to cause diarrhoea (mean (SD) faecal wet weight: 2.66 (0.73) g/day in six rats fed beans v 1.12 (0.47) g/day in six control rats, p < 0.01) and...

Enteric protein loss and intestinal permeability changes in children during acute shigellosis and after recovery : effect of zinc supplementation (1994)

Alam, A.N., Sarker, S.A., Wahed, M.A., Khatun, M., Rahaman, M.M.

The effect of zinc supplementation on intestinal permeability changes and protein loss was studied in 32 children aged between 1 and 12 years during bouts of acute shigellosis and after recovery. An...

Intake from an energy-dense porridge liquefied by amylase of germinated wheat: a controlled trial in severely malnourished children during convalescence from diarrhoea (1994)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Islam, M. Aminul, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Biswas, E., Majid, N., Wahed, M.A.

To evaluate the role of an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase-rich flour from germinated wheat (ARF) in increasing the energy intake in severely malnourished infants and young children and its...

Prostacyclin concentrations in haemolytic uraemic syndrome after acute shigellosis in children (1991)

Alam, A.N., Abdal, N.M., Wahed, M.A., Rao, B., Kawser, C.A., Hoque, M., ...

The role of prostacyclin in the pathogenesis of haemolytic uraemic syndrome was evaluated in 11 children with acute shigellosis. Plasma concentrations of 6-keto prostaglandin, F1 alpha, a stable...