Thrombophilia testing in children: a 7 year experience.

abstract：:Steroid-induced neuropsychological side effects impact quality of life in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Dexamethasone induces more metabolic side effects than prednisone. To evaluate whether dexamethasone also leads to more neuropsychological side effects, we reviewed all available literature. Randomized...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Warris LT,van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM,den Hoed MA,Aarsen FK,Pieters R,van den Akker EL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute and chronic clinical manifestations of sickle-cell disease (SCD) lead to significant healthcare utilization, especially of the emergency department (ED). Limited population-level data are available in SCD with the ability to connect patients to visits, leaving us with minimal description of utilization...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wolfson JA,Schrager SM,Coates TD,Kipke MD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although limited data are available about cyclophosphamide disposition in patients with renal insufficiency, nothing has been reported in anephric patients. We characterized cyclophosphamide pharmacokinetics in an anephric child with bilateral Wilms tumor, both on (day 1) and off (day 2) hemodialysis. The median cyclo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： McCune JS,Adams D,Homans AC,Guillot A,Iacono L,Stewart CF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin O-Arab [Beta 121 Glu → Lys] (Hb O-Arab) is a rare abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) whose clinical and hematological features have been described in adults but not in children. We report three children, 9, 12, and 36 months of age, with homozygous Hb O-Arab and assess the value of supplementary folic acid as treatme...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dror S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case report of a 14-year young female who was diagnosed with solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) of proximal tibia and was treated by local involved field radiotherapy. We present the clinical, radiological and pathological findings of the case and review of the available treatment options and prognosis of th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kumar P,Sharma SC,Saikia UN,Kumar N,Vyas S,Angurana SL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis and osteopenia are long-term side effects of bone marrow transplant (BMT). The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of bone mineral density (BMD) abnormalities in pediatric patients prior to BMT. Forty-four pediatric patients were evaluated with DEXA scans. The average Z-score was -0.37. ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Klopfenstein KJ,Clayton J,Rosselet R,Kerlin B,Termuhlen A,Gross T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PG11047 is a novel conformationally restricted analog of the natural polyamine, spermine that lowers cellular endogenous polyamine levels and competitively inhibits natural polyamine functions leading to cancer cell growth inhibition. The activity of PG11047 was evaluated against the PPTP's in vitro and in v...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Smith MA,Maris JM,Lock R,Kolb EA,Gorlick R,Keir ST,Carol H,Morton CL,Reynolds CP,Kang MH,Houghton PJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with stage IV Wilms tumor (WT) and pulmonary metastases are treated with surgery, local radiotherapy (RT), and whole-lung irradiation (WLI). The Children's Oncology Group is studying whether WLI should only be given if metastatic lung lesions persist following induction chemotherapy. We hypothe...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Farooqi A,Siddiqi A,Khan MK,Esiashvili N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is characterized by primary immunodeficiency, thrombocytopenia and eczema. Patients with WAS have an increased risk to develop tumors. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) represents the most common malignancy occurring in WAS-affected patients, diffuse-large-B-cell lymphoma is the most frequently...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Coccia P,Mastrangelo S,Ruggiero A,Scalzone M,Rosolen A,Maurizi P,Riccardi R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion(I)/deletion(D) polymorphism influences the outcome of a number of cardiovascular diseases. ACE I/D polymorphism was investigated by PCR in 207 pediatric cancer patients and 144 controls. ACE I/D distribution of patients and controls was similar. The frequency of the D...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bárdi E,Jenei C,Kiss C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypotransferrinemia (OMIM 209300) is an extremely rare disorder of inherited iron metabolism. Since its description in 1961, only 16 cases have been reported. The defective gene and molecular defect causing this disorder and clinicolaboratory findings seen in the homozygous and heterozygous states have been...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Aslan D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an important, hidden cause of childhood mortality worldwide. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa where national newborn screening programs remain unavailable and most children in rural areas are never diagnosed. We conducted a study at a rural district hospital ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Eastburg L,Peckham A,Kawira E,Chirangi B,Adler D,Akungo BD,Smart LR,Ambrose EE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undernutrition impacts clinical outcome adversely in children with cancer. This study aimed to validate a nutritional algorithm with specific application to the low- and middle-income country (LMIC) setting. PROCEDURE:Fifty children with a new diagnosis of cancer were enrolled in this randomized interventio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Totadri S,Trehan A,Mahajan D,Viani K,Barr R,Ladas EJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurocognitive impairment occurs in 20-40% of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors, possibly mediated by folate depletion and homocysteine elevation following methotrexate treatment. We evaluated the relationship between folate pathway polymorphisms and neurocognitive impairment after child...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kamdar KY,Krull KR,El-Zein RA,Brouwers P,Potter BS,Harris LL,Holm S,Dreyer Z,Scaglia F,Etzel CJ,Bondy M,Okcu MF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global burden of sickle cell disease (SCD) is now being increasingly realized. SCD poses a significant public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, some regions of India, the Caribbean, and Brazil. In many of these regions, progress in the management of SCD has been slow. Long-term North-South and...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Aygun B,Odame I

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diverse panel of pediatric cancer advocates and experts, whose collective experience spans the continuum of international academic medicine, industry, government research, and cancer advocacy, recently discussed challenges for pediatric cancer research in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Specifica...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Auletta JJ,Adamson PC,Agin JE,Kearns P,Kennedy S,Kieran MW,Ludwinski DM,Knox LJ,McKay K,Rhiner P,Thiele CJ,Cripe TP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) occurs most commonly in young children who present with severe isolated thrombocytopenia and purpura. A marrow examination is not required unless glucocorticoids are used, lest treatment mask incipient acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but controversy exists here. The recommenda...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Segel GB,Feig SA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system irradiation (CNS-RT) has played a central role in the cure of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but due to the risk of long-term toxicity, it is now considered a less-favorable method of CNS-directed therapy. PROCEDURES:Retrospectively, we estimated the effect of CNS involvement and...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Taskinen M,Oskarsson T,Levinsen M,Bottai M,Hellebostad M,Jonsson OG,Lähteenmäki P,Schmiegelow K,Heyman M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) may be the leading cause of death in β-thalassemia patients; however, its pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unclear. Recent studies indicate that asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) plays a role in the initiation and progression of a variety of diseases, especially the cardiov...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mohamed el-S,Ibrahim B,Amr D,Noha el-K,Mokhtar M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although intra-retinal tumor has long been staged presurgically according to the Reese-Ellsworth (R-E) system, retinoblastoma differs from other pediatric neoplasms in never having had a widely accepted classification system that encompasses the entire spectrum of the disease. Comparisons among studies that ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chantada G,Doz F,Antoneli CB,Grundy R,Clare Stannard FF,Dunkel IJ,Grabowski E,Leal-Leal C,Rodríguez-Galindo C,Schvartzman E,Popovic MB,Kremens B,Meadows AT,Zucker JM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chemotherapy during radiation and/or bone-seeking radioisotope therapy (153-samarium; 1 mCi/kg) during radiation may improve osteosarcoma cancer control. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed our preliminary radiation experience in high-risk, metastatic, and/or recurrent patients during a consecutive period of 20 m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mahajan A,Woo SY,Kornguth DG,Hughes D,Huh W,Chang EL,Herzog CE,Pelloski CE,Anderson P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) treated with asparaginase and corticosteroids are at risk of developing severe lipid abnormalities. The authors report the case of a 10-year-old male with extremely high plasma triglyceride concentrations (4,000 mg/dl) during the induction phase of ALL associ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ridola V,Buonuomo PS,Maurizi P,Putzulu R,Annunziata ML,Pietrini D,Riccardi R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with healthy children, pediatric oncology patients have impaired sleep and engage in less physical activity (PA). Socioeconomic status (SES) may be one determinant of PA and sleep among pediatric oncology patients. PROCEDURE:Between November 12, 2009 and March 27, 2013, 50 pediatric oncology patien...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Orsey AD,Wakefield DB

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The awareness that adolescents can have cancer is probably insufficient, not only among teenagers and their families, but also among physicians, and adolescent patients are reportedly often referred to qualified cancer institutes after a considerable delay. PROCEDURE:A prospective series of 425 patients (28...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Veneroni L,Mariani L,Lo Vullo S,Favini F,Catania S,Vajna de Pava M,Massimino M,Ferrari A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition therapy is a therapeutic approach to treating medical conditions and symptoms via diet, which can be done by oral, enteral or parenteral routes. It is desirable to include nutritional interventions as a standard of care in pediatric cancer units (PCUs) at all levels of care. The interventions are dependent o...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Trehan A,Viani K,da Cruz LB,Sagastizado SZ,Ladas EJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency that affects the oxidative mechanism of microbial killing of phagocytic cells. The defect is characterized by a lack or severely reduced superoxide anion (O2-) production by phagocytes. Seventy percent of CGD cases are X-linked (X-CGD) and they are caus...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Barese CN,Copelli SB,De Matteo E,Zandomeni R,Salgueiro F,Di Giovanni D,Heyworth P,Rivas EM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testicular germ cell tumors (T-GCTs) occur from infancy to adulthood, and are the most common solid tumor in adolescent and young adult males. Traditionally, pediatric T-GCTs were perceived as more indolent than adult T-GCTs. However, there are few studies comparing these groups and none that specifically ev...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cost NG,Lubahn JD,Adibi M,Romman A,Wickiser JE,Raj GV,Sagalowsky AI,Margulis V

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of the laboratory benefits of hydroxyurea and its clinical efficacy in reducing acute vaso-occlusive events in adults and children with sickle cell anemia has accumulated for more than 15 years. A definitive clinical trial showing that hydroxyurea can also prevent organ damage might support widespread use of ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Thompson BW,Miller ST,Rogers ZR,Rees RC,Ware RE,Waclawiw MA,Iyer RV,Casella JF,Luchtman-Jones L,Rana S,Thornburg CD,Kalpatthi RV,Barredo JC,Brown RC,Sarnaik S,Howard TH,Luck L,Wang WC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian tumors have a low incidence in childhood, accounting for 1% of malignancies within the ages of 0-17 years. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare histology and historically has a poor prognosis. We report a case of an 11-year-old female diagnosed with small cell carcinoma of the ovary and hypercalcemia (S...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Martinez-Borges AR,Petty JK,Hurt G,Stribling JT,Press JZ,Castellino SM

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown that aerosol interleukin-2 (IL-2) increased the number of intravenously injected human natural killer (NK) cells in the lungs. In this study we investigated whether this increase was secondary to NK cell proliferation and determined the site of the proliferation. MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Guma SR,Lee DA,Ling Y,Gordon N,Kleinerman ES

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00