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Publication Fahr's Disease: An Uncommon Cause of Intracranial Calcification in Children(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2012) Nayek, K; Pati, S; Banerjee, A; Bhattacharjya, SABSTRACT: Idiopathic bilateral striopallidodentate calcification or Fahr’s disease is a degenerative disease normally found in the 5-6th decade of life. Here we report one of the youngest cases of sporadic Fahr’s disease presenting at five years of age with minimal clinical features but extensive intracranial calcification, a rarity.Publication Imerslund-Grasbeck Syndrome: A Case Report(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2011) Ghosh, TN; Nayek, K; Banerjee, AAbstract: Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to selective malabsorption of Vitamin B12 at the level of cobalamin-intrinsic factor receptor mutation in the terminal ileum resulting in megaloblastic anaemia with proteinuria. Early detection of this rare disorder would enable screening and genetic counselling for asymptomatic family members.