Percentile curves for red cell indices of beta zero-thalassaemia heterozygotes in infancy and childhood.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine the status of and factors associated with adolescent health care delivery and training in Europe on behalf of the European Paediatric Association-UNEPSA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A questionnaire was mailed to the presidents of 48 national paediatric societies in Europe. For statistical an...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ercan O,Alikasifoglu M,Erginoz E,Janda J,Kabicek P,Rubino A,Constantopoulos A,Ilter O,Vural M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Population modelling using mixed-effects models provides a means to study variability in drug responses among individuals representative of those for whom the drug will be used clinically. DISCUSSION:The advantages of these models in paediatric studies are that they can be used to analyse sparse data, sam...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Anderson BJ,Allegaert K,Holford NH

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Gaucher disease is an inherited pan-ethnic disorder that commonly begins in childhood and is caused by deficient activity of the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase. Two major phenotypes are recognized: non-neuropathic (type 1) and neuropathic (types 2 and 3). Symptomatic children are severely affected and m...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kaplan P,Baris H,De Meirleir L,Di Rocco M,El-Beshlawy A,Huemer M,Martins AM,Nascu I,Rohrbach M,Steinbach L,Cohen IJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This retrospective study attempts to assess the size and growth pattern of the pulmonary artery about 1 year after neonatal arterial switch operation for simple transposition of the great arteries. Sixty-seven patients underwent cardiac catheterization, including catheterization of the right and left pulmona...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Massin MM,Nitsch GB,Däbritz S,Seghaye MC,Messmer BJ,von Bernuth G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is likely to develop critical complications such as brainstem encephalitis, acute pulmonary edema, and circulatory failure, which cause child mortality during outbreaks. This study aims to investigate factors that predict the severity of HFMD. One hundred sixteen in-patient ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Li Y,Dang S,Deng H,Wang W,Jia X,Gao N,Li M,Wang J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy developed acute, severe hypercalcaemia following the partial excision of a cerebellar medulloblastoma. The serum calcium level was extremely high (19.8 mg/100 ml), but a skeletal survey revealed no apparent bone metastatic lesions; such lesions were only detected by X-ray 3 weeks after the onset of hy...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Arisaka O,Obinata K,Yabuta K,Ishimoto K,Sato K

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The effect of different feeding regimens, notably the use of hydrolysed cow's milk formulas, on the development of allergic reactions and the development of cow's milk protein-IgG antibodies is still disputed. We prospectively compared the development of allergic manifestations and cow's milk protein-IgG ant...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Keller KM,Bürgin-Wolff A,Lippold R,Wirth S,Lentze MJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of both the human and rat galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) genes reveal 5' regulatory consensus sequences suggestive of a housekeeping gene. This is in accord with the finding of GALT activity in all tissues. However, the complications seen in galactosemia, in particular ovarian dysfunction and ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heidenreich RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency is a rare combined immunodeficiency disorder presenting with clinically recurrent infections, failure to thrive, various neurological disorders, malignancies, and autoimmune diseases. Here, we report two sisters with a fatal course of PNP deficiency due to delay in diag...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Aytekin C,Dogu F,Tanir G,Guloglu D,Santisteban I,Hershfield MS,Ikinciogullari A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:IgE-dependent activation of mast cells and basophils through the high-affinity IgE receptor (Fc(epsilon)R1) is involved in the pathogenesis of allergen-induced immune responsiveness in atopic disease including bronchial asthma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We genotyped 650 children for allelic determinants at tw...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kim ES,Kim SH,Kim KW,Park HS,Shin ES,Lee JE,Sohn MH,Kim KE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two young boys were referred for evaluation of metabolic myopathy because of elevated serum levels of creatine kinase, cramps and pigmenturia. Immunohistochemical studies of dystrophin in muscle biopsies showed reduced intensity of the stain with a patchy and discontinuous pattern in most fibers. In both patients dyst...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Minetti C,Tanji K,Chang HW,Medori R,Cordone G,DiMauro S,Bonilla E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl, 13 months of age, presented with generalised granulomatous skin, hair and mucosal candidiasis. Her lymphocytes failed to respond in vitro to Candida antigen (CA); the intradermal test with CA was also negative. Serum immunoglobulins, complement components, granulocyte functions (phagocytic and fungicidal), T-c...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Corbeel L,Ceuppens JL,Van den Berghe G,Claeys H,Casteels-Van Daele M

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DiGeorge syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly with a wide range of clinical manifestations. This syndrome is usually associated with hypocalcaemia resulting from primary hypoparathyroidism. We report here a case of an 8-year-old boy with partial DiGeorge syndrome who presented initially with neonatal hypocalcaemia, b...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hasegawa T,Hasegawa Y,Yokoyama T,Koto S,Asamura S,Tsuchiya Y

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VIII procoagulant activity and factor VIII related antigen were examined in 20 full-term and preterm newborn infants during the first days of life. The control group involved 15 adults volunteers. Factor VIII activity was estimated by a one-stage test and factor VIII related antigen was determined by immunelect...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Maak B,Scheidt B,Frenzel J

更新日期：1978-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disorder and the most disabling condition of heterotopic (extraskeletal) ossification in humans. Extraskeletal bone formation associated with inflammation preceding the osseous conversion usually begins in the first decade, predominantly in the head, neck, ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kartal-Kaess M,Shore EM,Xu M,Schwering L,Uhl M,Korinthenberg R,Niemeyer C,Kaplan FS,Lauten M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report on two mentally retarded sibs with similar anomalies (sagittal craniosynostosis, complex cardiovascular malformations, mandibular ankylosis) and various dysmorphic features. They could represent a "new" probably monogenic syndrome. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Pfeiffer RA,Singer H,Zschiesche S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth hormone (GH) gene (hGH-N) cluster was analysed using polymerase chain reaction, Southern and polymorphism analysis in five patients (including two pairs of siblings) with extreme short stature and absence of GH secretion. Patients 1 and 2 (siblings) were homozygous for a large deletion removing four genes o...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Cacciari E,Pirazzoli P,Gualandi S,Baroncini C,Baldazzi L,Trevisani B,Capelli M,Zucchini S,Balsamo A,Cicognani A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical pharmacists provide beneficial services to adult patients, though their benefits for paediatric hospital patients are less defined. Five databases were searched using the MeSH terms 'clinical pharmacist', 'paediatric/paediatric', 'hospital', and 'intervention' for studies with paediatric patients conducted in...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Drovandi A,Robertson K,Tucker M,Robinson N,Perks S,Kairuz T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the influence of active and passive maternal smoking on placenta total oxidant/antioxidant status in term infants. The levels of cord blood total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total oxidant status (TOS), and oxidative stress index (OSI) were measured in samples of fetal placental tiss...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Aycicek A,Varma M,Ahmet K,Abdurrahim K,Erel O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A formerly premature, exclusively breast-fed infant with severe zinc deficiency syndrome is presented. He showed the characteristic erosive skin changes, including alopecia, as seen in acrodermatitis enteropathica. In addition, he manifested a failure to thrive and irritability. The diagnosis was confirmed b...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heinen F,Matern D,Pringsheim W,Leititis JU,Brandis M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I collagen is the major component of bone matrix; circulating carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (P-I-CP) levels reflect type I collagen synthesis in tissues and may be an useful index to investigate bone metabolism. We measured P-I-CP by a new radioimmunoassay in 300 healthy children and adolescent...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Saggese G,Bertelloni S,Baroncelli GI,Di Nero G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct measurements of parathyroid activity are available in only small numbers of children with vitamin D deficiency rickets (VDR). Therefore serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and the urinary cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate excretion (UcAMP) were measured together with other important indices of ca...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kruse K,Bartels H,Kracht U

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In neonatology, the early prediction of length-of-stay (LOS) may help in decision making. We retrospectively studied the accuracy of two LOS prediction models, namely a multiple linear regression model (MR) and an artificial neural network (ANN). Preterm neonates (n = 2144) were randomly assigned to a traini...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Zernikow B,Holtmannspötter K,Michel E,Hornschuh F,Groote K,Hennecke KH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among children/adolescents is popular. This review summarizes the international findings for prevalence and predictors of CAM use among children/adolescents. We therefore systematically searched four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, A...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Italia S,Wolfenstetter SB,Teuner CM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:There are a number of respiratory diseases affecting infants in which there is surfactant dysfunction or deficiency. Surfactant is inactivated by cholesterol, free fatty acids and bilirubin in meconium aspiration syndrome, by haemoglobin and red blood cell lipids in pulmonary haemorrhage and plasma proteins ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Greenough A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether macrosomia related to maternal diabetes alters lipoprotein metabolism and whether these abnormalities still persist or regress after 1 month of life. Serum lipoprotein compositions and concentrations as well as serum lipid fatty acid compositions were investigated in macr...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Merzouk H,Madani S,Prost J,Loukidi B,Meghelli-Bouchenak M,Belleville J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A 9-year-old boy lost almost all his small bowel after an acute volvulus due to a congenital, but previously unsuspected malrotation. Survival using total parenteral nutrition is possible in these cases, but the medical burden is heavy. Small intestinal transplantation was performed for the first time in the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Severijnen R,Hulstijn-Dirkmaat I,Gordijn B,Bakker L,Bongaerts G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here our experience in the long-term management of 28 patients with citrullinaemia, 13 patients with carbamoyl phosphate synthase deficiency and 15 patients with argininosuccinic aciduria. In addition, we report a national French survey of 119 patients with ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency enzymat...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Saudubray JM,Touati G,Delonlay P,Jouvet P,Narcy C,Laurent J,Rabier D,Kamoun P,Jan D,Revillon Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data indicate that insulin-like growth factor II (IGF II) and lysosomal enzymes bind to a common receptor. We measured serum IGF I and II levels in 16 patients with various lysosomal storage disorders. The IGF serum concentrations were normal as long as no marked liver disease was present. Under these condition...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Jaeggi-Groisman SE,Kiess W,Christomanou H,Kessler U,Froesch ER

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) is a method to deliver surfactant to spontaneously breathing premature infants via a thin catheter. Here we report the two-year outcome from the AMV (avoid mechanical ventilation) study, the first randomized controlled trial on this mode of surfactant delivery. No statist...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Herting E,Kribs A,Härtel C,von der Wense A,Weller U,Hoehn T,Vochem M,Möller J,Wieg C,Roth B,Göpel W,German Neonatal Network (GNN).

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00