abstract：:A 16-year-old girl developed rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and renal failure. The disease was associated with high titres of antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies in serum, linear deposits of immunoglobulin G and diffuse epithelial crescents on renal biopsy. Past history revealed heavy smoking and delib...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bonzel KE,Müller-Wiefel DE,Ruder H,Wingen AM,Waldherr R,Weber M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the sudden and often alarming clinical manifestations of ITP, few patients in the pediatric age group develop serious complications or long-term sequellae. Conservative therapy, without use of pharmacologic or surgical intervention, is the most convenient, safe, and cost-effective approach in the vast majority...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Buchanan GR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indomethacin treatment for 1 week monitored by drug level determinations was evaluated in 32 preterm infants with symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (sPDA). Inter- and intra-individual indomethacin dispositions varied considerably with the need for marked dosage adjustments to maintain the drug level within the prop...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Leonhardt A,Isken V,Kühl PG,Seyberth HW

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this communication is to report the occurrence of early-onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis and Yersinia enterocolitica neonatal infection. This case serves as a reminder of the changing spectrum of neonatal septicaemia. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Pacifico L,Chiesa C,Mirabella S,Panero A,Midulla M

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of an alginate compound (Gaviscon) on the frequency and the duration of gastroesophageal reflux (GOR) episodes in children. Twenty infants and children with characteristic symptoms of GOR were divided at random into two groups which were given either Gaviscon (ten patients, mean age: 21 months) ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Buts JP,Barudi C,Otte JB

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between nicotine and cotinine concentrations in mother's milk (including 24 h profiles) and the number of cigarettes consumed was studied. A total of 206 milk samples were collected from 34 nursing, smoking mothers. The mothers were distributed into three groups: Group I (1-10 cigarettes/day), group I...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Luck W,Nau H

更新日期：1987-01-01 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 effect of intranasal LH-RH on cryptorchidism was investigated in 45 prepubertal boys with 68 undescended testes. A daily dose of 1.2 mg LH-RH was given for 4 weeks. A total of 16 testes (24%) descended. Follow-up examination 5 years later showed that relapse had occurred in two cases. Fifty-two testes did not desc...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bertelsen A,Thorup J,Pedersen PV,Mauritzen K,Skakkebaek NE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A desquamative, interstitial pneumonitis was diagnosed histologically in a 9-month-old boy who first became ill at the age of 5 weeks. The desquamative interstitial pneumonitis was associated with an acquired cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Despite treatment with corticoids, acyclovir and artificial ventilation, the ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Schneider K,Brünstler I,Vogel H,Fendel H,Remberger K

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum IgE concentration was measured on the 5th day of life in 943 infants. All infants were included in a 3 month follow-up study. The frequency of cow's milk allergy was studied according to either family history, IgE level, or both. Feeding (mother's milk or formula feeding) was taken into account. Manifestations s...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Vandenplas Y,Sacre L

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of 5-week-old male infant who presented as a 'near miss cot death'. He had the immunodeficient syndrome of defective neutrophil mobility and delayed umbilical cord separation. He was shown to have staphylococcal endocarditis with a large vegetation on the mitral valve, and acute obstruction of the m...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Walters MD,Deanfield JE,Robinson PJ,Matthew DJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) responses to GRF (1 microgram/kg BW i.v.) were investigated. Comparison between GRF(1-40) and GRF(1-29)NH2 in 11 young adult volunteers gave identical results. One hundred and thirty-one children and adolescents (45 with idiopathic GHD) were tested with GRF (1-29)NH2. The maximal GH levels (max GH)...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ranke MB,Gruhler M,Rosskamp R,Brügmann G,Attanasio A,Blum WF,Bierich JR

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:The effects of intravenous injections of the opiate antagonist naloxone (0.005-0.4 mg/kg body weight) on respiratory pattern, apnoea duration and frequency were investigated in six infants with severe sleep apnoea syndrome. Since several authors found elevated plasma- and CSF-levels of endogenous opioids (endorphines)...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Haidmayer R,Kerbl R,Meyer U,Kerschhaggl P,Kurz R,Kenner T

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes play an essential role in cellular host defense as circulating phagocytes, as well as precursors of macrophages. We investigated the principal phagocytic activities in monocytes from cord blood of term infants by analysing adherence, random migration, chemotaxis, bactericidal activity, phagocytosis-associate...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Speer CP,Wieland M,Ulbrich R,Gahr M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Turner syndrome (n = 33) were subjected to a sequential oestrogen/gestagen replacement therapy (21 days 2 mg oestradiol valerate plus 0.5 mg norgestrel for 10 days) for 1-4 years. In individuals aged 12-17 years, growth velocities before treatment ranged between 2.9 and 1.9 cm/year and increased to 6.8-3...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Bohnet HG

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term newborn infant developed a right sciatic nerve palsy after ischaemic necrosis of the gluteal region following umbilical arterial catheterization. The nerve lesion was believed to be caused by entrapment and compression by scar tissue. Recovery was slow and remained incomplete up to 6 months of age. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Fok TF,Ha MH,Leung KW,Wong W

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separate glomerular filtration rates were evaluated in 21 children with uni- or bilateral ureteropelvic junction stenosis, using the Tc-99m DTPA complex and the scintillation camera. The grade of alteration seen on urograms has influenced the surgeon in his decision to use a conservative or a surgical treatment, where...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Piepsz A,Hall M,Ham HR,Perlmutter N,Collier F

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma vitamin E levels were determined serially in preterm infants surviving respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and in premature infants without RDS (control). Vitamin E intakes of the RDS and control infant group were not significantly different. The results of the study show that preterm infants surviving RDS have...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Huijbers WA,Schrijver J,Speek AJ,Deelstra BA,Okken A

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-month-old infant is described who suffered from extensive atopic dermatitis, failure to thrive, hypoalbuminaemia and oedema. Large amounts of sticky exudate were lost through the skin and were shown to be rich in albumin. As renal and intestinal loss of protein was excluded, the patient's condition was ascribed t...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Abrahamov A,Schifmann R,Goldstein R,Tal Y,Freier S

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an infant with Dubowitz syndrome diagnosed at birth and followed for 2 years. Presence of the syndrome was suspected at birth on the basis of the anthropometric data and peculiar facial appearance. However, during the follow-up period some changes in the appearance have taken place. It is suggested that the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Shuper A,Merlob P,Weitz R,Varsano I

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autosomal dominant hereditary bone dysplasia was observed in three members of a Sardinian family living in Germany--the father and two sons. The guiding clinical symptom is thickening of the wrist proximal to the styloid process of the ulna. The radiologically recognizable changes--non-calcified cartilaginous islan...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Rosenberg E,Löhr H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight children whose parents reported sleep apnoea were investigated. In 15 infants apnoeic periods during sleep could be confirmed during clinical observation. Ventilatory responses to CO2 were measured in all infants, in 23 during sleep in 5 only when awake. A very wide range of CO2 sensitivities was found. I...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Folgering H,Boon J

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dubowitz syndrome is a rare, autosomal, recessively inherited disorder of intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation leading to microcephaly, moderate mental retardation and such characteristic facial anomalies as telecanthus, epicanthic folds, blepharophimosis, ptosis, broadening of the bridge and tip of the n...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Küster W,Majewski F

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As simple and nonsurgical means of differentiating biliary atresia (BA) from intrahepatic cholestasis of unknown origin (IC), liver function tests including serum lipoprotein-X (LP-X) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGTP) were done and evaluated for their usefulness in the diagnosis of 27 cholestatic Japanese young ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tazawa Y,Yamada M,Nakagawa M,Tada K,Konno T,Ohi R,Kasai M

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In five L-thyroxine-substituted hypothyroid children with partial epilepsy serum total thyroxine (T4) and free T4 (FT4) significantly (P less than 0.01) decreased following 2 months of carbamazepine (CBZ) administration (20 mg/kg per BW per day) from mean (+/- SD) values of 12.7 +/- 1.1 micrograms/dl and 15.5 +/- 1.8 ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： De Luca F,Arrigo T,Pandullo E,Siracusano MF,Benvenga S,Trimarchi F

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of chromosome 14 are encountered infrequently in clinical cytogenetics and only few studies of paracentric inversion have been published. This paper reports the first case of hypospadias associated with paracentric inversion of chromosome 14. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Leung AK,Hoo JJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old boy is described with abdominal pain, emesis, weight loss, hypoproteinemia and edema. The diagnosis of Menetrier disease was made based on radiographic studies, gastroscopy and gastric biopsy. There was little response to medical treatment and enteral feedings were poorly tolerated for many weeks. Althoug...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ling LJ,Hershenson MB,Young S,Traisman HS

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4.5-year-old male patient is described with chorioretinopathy, minor facial anomalies, delayed closure of the fontanel, mental retardation, moderate hypotonia, epilepsy and hepatic fibrosis. Postural control, intentional vocalising and manual dexterity were superior to the performance of patients with classical Zell...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Barth PG,Schutgens RB,Bakkeren JA,Dingemans KP,Heymans HS,Douwes AC,van der Klei-van Moorsel JM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Arab Moslem kindred is reported in which six abnormal male fetuses were born in three closely related sibships. They had amelia, malformed head and other severe skeletal and visceral malformations. The similarities and differences between the developmental and inherent characteristics found in our patients and in f...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Zimmer EZ,Taub E,Sova Y,Divon MY,Pery M,Peretz BA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular polymorphism and quantitative levels of serum vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) were ascertained in a group of preterm, full-term and hypocalcaemic full-term newborn infants. The serum concentration of DBP is not influenced by phenotype and increases with fetal age from the 32nd-33rd week of gestation unti...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Auconi P,Biagini R,Colarizi P,Luciano R,Pascali VL,Rastelli D,Tortorolo G

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorambucil (CHL) was used in combination with prednisolone in the treatment of nine children with frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome. Serial electroencephalograms were obtained to evaluate CHL central nervous toxicity, before, during and after treatment with this agent. EEG abnormalities were observed in two of...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ichida F,Konishi T,Asada R,Yamatani M,Konda M,Tani M,Tanizawa T,Suzuki Y,Okada T,Kyotani S

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of neonates for inborn errors of metabolism has been carried out on a national level since 1969 in the Federal Republic of Germany. To raise the reliability of these routine investigations, we introduced an external quality control in March 1982. Every 2 months ten filter paper samples were sent to the scree...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mathias D,Bickel H

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local control of the primary tumour is a fundamental requirement for clinical cure. Towards this aim, the primary tumour must be diagnosed early and identified histologically. The size, extension, and spread within the patient must be defined precisely. In planning effective local therapy, additional questions must be...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Prindull G,Willert HG,Notter G

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five children (25 girls; 20 boys) with meningomyelocele (MMC) were assessed for growth, skeletal maturation and pubertal development. The spinal defects were operated on shortly after birth and all children required cerebral drainage for hydrocephalus. Standard deviation scores for height, sitting height, sub-is...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Greene SA,Frank M,Zachmann M,Prader A

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum bile acids and their conjugates were analysed in 20 breast-fed infants with prolonged jaundice. The mean total bile acid levels in serum were increased in the breast-fed infants with jaundice, as compared with those in either breast- or bottle-fed infants without jaundice. However, there were no significant diff...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tazawa Y,Yamada M,Nakagawa M,Konno T,Tada K

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heuristic concept of "inborn errors of metabolism" was introduced more then 70 years ago and by analogy has prompted the more recent introduction of the term "inborn errors of immunity". It is now well recognized that many inborn errors of immunity can be considered inborn errors of metabolism. Typically, many for...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Burgio GR,Ugazio AG

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated four patients from three unrelated families with typical clinical and biochemical features of "late-onset" multiple carboxylase deficiency. All patients suffered from biotinidase deficiency (plasma biotinidase activities 1.4%-3% of normal). Intestinal absorption of biotin, measured in three of the...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Suormala T,Wick H,Bonjour JP,Baumgartner ER

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl suffering from marked muscular hypotonia, severe statomotor and mental retardation, bilateral optic atrophy with chorioretinal degeneration, convulsions and a moderate compensated metabolic acidosis is described. Screening for metabolic disorders revealed massive 3-methylglutaconic with 3-methylglutaric aciduri...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Lehnert W,Scharf J,Wendel U

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of the total number of infants with DS born each year in Belgium allows evaluation of changes in the proportion of children with DS in whom a karyotype has been established. This proportion steadily increased to 95% of the children with DS born in 1978. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Evers-Kiebooms G,Vlietinck R,van den Berghe H

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00