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abstract：UNLABELLED:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterised by recurrent fever and serositis. The most important complication of the disease is amyloidosis. Cheap and non-invasive methods would be important in predicting or establishing the early diagnosis of amyloidosis. For this purpose, we studied the role of uri...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Baskin E,Saatçi U,Ciliv G,Bakkaloglu A,Besbas N,Topaloglu R,Ozen S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) has become an important topic, not least because of its popularity with patients. This systematic review is aimed at summarising the data known about CAM use in paediatric populations. A thorough search strategy was designed to identify all surveys on the prevalence o...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ernst E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We report fives sporadic cases of hyperekplexia or startle disease characterized by a highly exaggerated startle reflex and tonic attacks. Affected neonates suffer from prolonged periods of stiffness and are at risk for sudden death from apnea. An early diagnosis is needed. Sudden loud sounds, unexpected tac...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Rivera S,Villega F,de Saint-Martin A,Matis J,Escande B,Chaigne D,Astruc D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 13 year-old girl with manifestations strikingly reminiscent of the tricho-rhino-phalangeal (TRP) II or Langer-Giedion syndrome. A terminal deletion of 8q must be assumed to be the cause of her condition till proven otherwise. A similar chromosome abnormality should be searched for (blindly) in other cases ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bühler EM,Bühler UK,Stalder GR,Jani L,Jurik LP

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to obtain comprehensive data on clinical presentation, microbiology, computed tomography, surgical findings and histology in acute, sub-acute and chronic mastoiditis. We performed a prospective, observational study in children under 16 years of age presenting to our institution duri...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Stähelin-Massik J,Podvinec M,Jakscha J,Rüst ON,Greisser J,Moschopulos M,Gnehm HE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children's feet are complex structures and strategies for supporting good foot health throughout childhood can be challenging. Greater awareness of the contemporary factors influencing decisions, such as footwear purchases, is needed to inform health narratives which are more closely aligned to parents' attitude and b...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hodgson L,Hodges M,Williams AE,Nester CJ,Morrison SC

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the long-term outcome in 111 children who had convulsions during shigellosis and were followed for 3-18 years after the incident. No deaths or persistent motor deficits occurred as sequellae. Poor coordination of fine hand movements were noted in 3.3% of the 92 children who had no pre-existing neurological...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Zvulunov A,Lerman M,Ashkenazi S,Weitz R,Nitzan M,Dinari G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being one of the most common congenital defects in boys, the etiology of hypospadias remains largely unknown. In this case-referent study, we evaluated a wide spectrum of potential risk factors for hypospadias. Cases were identified from the hospital information system, and referents were recruited through the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Brouwers MM,Feitz WF,Roelofs LA,Kiemeney LA,de Gier RP,Roeleveld N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein C deficiency can lead to cerebrovascular occlusive disease. We describe a patient in whom heterozygous protein C deficiency (type 1) is suspected on the grounds of reduced protein C activity and who suffered from multiple thrombo-embolic events involving the brain and peripheral organs. The patient developed h...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schmitt S,Auberger K,Fendel T,Kiess W

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the worldwide increase prevalence of overweight, obesity, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the objective of this study was to evaluate whether the triglycerides and glucose (TyG) index is associated with hepatic steatosis in children with overweight or obesity. Apparently healthy children aged 5‑17 ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Simental-Mendía LE,Ortega-Pacheco CJ,García-Guerrero E,Sicsik-Aragón MA,Guerrero-Romero F,Martínez-Aguilar G

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year-old-girl with a history of recurrent hypoglycemia presented with acidosis, intractable vomiting, and abdominal tenderness; the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was made by abdominal ultrasonography and supportive biochemical studies. Urinary organic acid analysis revealed metabolites suggestive of HMG-CoA l...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Wilson WG,Cass MB,Søvik O,Gibson KM,Sweetman L

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of visual acuity and stereopsis was studied in 321 boys and 340 girls aged between 5 and 10 years. Visual acuity was assessed by the E test and a modified version of the STYCAR test, stereo acuity by the Lang-Stereo test [17]. Both vision tests showed an increase in the median visual acuity between the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schmid M,Largo RH

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prevention of obesity and overweight is an important target for health promotion. Early prevention requires an intervention during childhood and adolescence. At these stages, the game could be an appropriate means to teach nutrition knowledge and to influence dietary behaviour. To this end, the authors dev...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Amaro S,Viggiano A,Di Costanzo A,Madeo I,Viggiano A,Baccari ME,Marchitelli E,Raia M,Viggiano E,Deepak S,Monda M,De Luca B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tendency of non-operative management of appendicitis let us explore the natural history of appendiceal carcinoids, compare them with appendicitis patients, and determine the possibility of deciding the extent of the surgery and post-operative follow-up on behalf of the intraoperative findings. A retrospective revi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Akova F,Aydin E,Nur Eray Y,Toksoy N,Yalcin S,Altinay S,Tetikkurt US

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：UNLABELLED:Anatomical face mask with an air cushion rim might be placed accidentally in a false orientation on the newborn's face or filled with various amounts of air during neonatal resuscitation. Both false orientation as well as variable filling may reduce a tight seal and therefore hamper effective positive pressu...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Deindl P,O'Reilly M,Zoller K,Berger A,Pollak A,Schwindt J,Schmölzer GM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in high-income countries is still significant. The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) has reduced the overall need for hospitalization for CAP. However, it is not clear whether children with underlying disease also have benefitted from the PCV immuniz...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Sterky E,Bennet R,Lindstrand A,Eriksson M,Nilsson A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 33 newborn infants with gestational ages ranging from 27 to 41 weeks were tested by radioimmunoassay for IgG antibodies to surface antigens of group B streptococci (GBS) types Ia, Ib, II and III. Antibody levels to GBS antigens were positively correlated to gestational age and birthweight. However, only the ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Christensen KK,Christensen P,Duc G,Höger P,Kind C,Matsunaga T,Müller B,Seger RA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Periventricular leucomalacia is a condition that causes lifelong disability and considerable economic burden. It occurs in premature infants of less than 32 weeks gestation due to their unique anatomical features. The white matter of these infants is poorly vascularised and contains oligodendrocyte progenito...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Blumenthal I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may develop a significant reduction of plasma viremia associated with an increase in CD4+ T-cell counts. Functional capacity of this reconstituted immune system in response to recall antige...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ching N,Deville JG,Nielsen KA,Ank B,Wei LS,Sim MS,Wolinsky SM,Bryson YJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Concentrations of galactose (Gal) in plasma and galactose metabolites in red blood cells (RBC) were determined in 18 normal neonates and 249 others with hypergalactosaemia according to the Paigen method. Normal neonatal values for plasma Gal, RBC galactose-1-phosphate (Gal-1-P), RBC uridine diphosphate gluco...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mizoguchi N,Ono H,Eguchi T,Sakura N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a common disorder in adults and involves both glandular and extraglandular systems. We report here four cases of childhood SS complicated by chronic thyroiditis, interstitial nephritis or sweat gland inflammation. Additionally, in one of these cases, the central nervous system was in...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kobayashi I,Furuta H,Tame A,Kawamura N,Kojima K,Endoh M,Okano M,Sakiyama Y

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：LARYNGOSCOPE BURNS IN NEONATAL INTUBATION:Following burns during neonatal intubation, we mounted an in vitro study of laryngoscopes to determine the temperatures reached during clinical use. The temperature of 10 different bulb laryngoscopes heads and two fibre optic heads were measured with a thermocouple, once opened...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ryan E,O Neill P,Brabazon D,Murphy JFA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial hypertension in childhood is less frequent as compared to adulthood but is more likely to be secondary to an underlying disorder. After ruling out more obvious causes, some patients still present with strongly suspected secondary hypertension of yet unknown etiology. A number of these children have hypertensi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Simonetti GD,Mohaupt MG,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial ultrasound examinations were performed through the anterior fontanelle to detect and follow subependymal pseudocysts (SP) in 19 neonates without severe malformations. A high-resolution real-time sector scanner was employed. In 8 cases the SP involved both lateral ventricles, in 11 cases they were unilateral and...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Zorzi C,Angonese I

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lung disease of prematurity (CLD) remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Oxygen toxicity remains a major risk factor for the development of CLD and as a consequence the antioxidant status of CLD babies is a major focus of interest. In the present study, we determined whether asco...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Vyas JR,Currie A,Dunster C,Kelly FJ,Kotecha S

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Over the last decade, substantial progress has been made in the field of pertussis research. This includes better understanding of virulence mechanisms and their influence on the pathogenicity of Bordetella pertussis, increased awareness of the broad spectrum of disease and more insight into the host's immun...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Heininger U

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow velocities (CBFV) were measured by the pulsed Doppler method in 41 infants of smoking mothers and in 59 apparently healthy control infants. Although gestational age, birth weight, and systolic blood pressure were lower in infants exposed to tobacco smoke prenatally, systolic (65 +/- 11 vs. 47 +/- 1...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Abdul-Khaliq H,Segerer H,Luck W,Obladen M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A 6-year-old male with partial ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency had acute and rapidly progressive symmetrical swelling of the head of the caudate nuclei and putamina. Clinical presentation was ataxia and dysarthria progressing to seizures and coma; these symptoms gradually resolved with supportive...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Keegan CE,Martin DM,Quint DJ,Gorski JL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature newborns are particularly vulnerable to iatrogenic hypothyroidism due to iodine exposure, usually through skin absorption of iodine-containing disinfectants or intravenous administration of iodinated contrast agents. We report here a case of severe iatrogenic hypothyroidism with goiter and cholestasis, disco...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Lombard F,Dalla-Vale F,Veyrac C,Plan O,Cambonie G,Picaud JC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00