abstract：:Mucocutaneous bleeding is common in childhood and may be the result of primary hemostatic disorders such as vascular abnormalities, von Willebrand disease, thrombocytopenia, and platelet dysfunction. A detailed bleeding history and physical examination are essential to distinguish between normal and abnormal bleeding ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van Ommen CH,Peters M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Increased breastfeeding was suggested as a contributing factor to significant hyperbilirubinemia. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with jaundice in exclusively breastfed term neonates. We retrospectively reviewed all consecutively live-born neonates from August 2009 to July 2...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Chen YJ,Chen WC,Chen CM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) is a heterogeneous group of diseases with different causes and prognoses. Two thirds of cases of NS in the first year of life are caused by mutations in four genes (NPHS1, NPHS2, WT1, and LAMB2). The mutation of WT1 gene can lead to Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS). We report on female mo...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Fencl F,Malina M,Stará V,Zieg J,Mixová D,Seeman T,Bláhová K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Our aim was to study the frequency and clinical correlates of two radiographic patterns of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), the cystic BPD (cBPD) and the leaky lung syndrome (LLS). Radiographic findings of BPD from sixth day of life until term in a cohort of 82 very low birth weight (VLBW) infants were eval...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hyödynmaa E,Korhonen P,Ahonen S,Luukkaala T,Tammela O

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was the first study to characterize the total burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) at both hospital and general physician (GP) clinics in Denmark, and also the first to confirm rotavirus (RV) as the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (GE) among children <5 years in GP clinics nationwide. Several aspects...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hoffmann T,Iturriza M,Faaborg-Andersen J,Kraaer C,Nielsen CP,Gray J,Hogh B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omalizumab is currently used in severe asthma and has been tried in other allergic disorders. The authors report two patients with multiple food allergies and eosinophilic esophagitis on a very restrictive diet who have been treated with omalizumab, in order to improve food intolerance--the major distressing factor in...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Rocha R,Vitor AB,Trindade E,Lima R,Tavares M,Lopes J,Dias JA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is an overgrowth disorder characterized by neonatal macrosomia, abdominal wall defects, macroglossia, renal anomalies, organomegaly, hypoglycemia, and cancer predisposition. Hepatoblastoma is the second most frequent tumor and periodic serum alpha-fetoprotein (αFP) dosage is the cornerstone...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mussa A,Ferrero GB,Ceoloni B,Basso E,Chiesa N,De Crescenzo A,Pepe E,Silengo M,de Sanctis L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presentation of cystic fibrosis (CF) with an acrodermatitis enteropathica-like skin rash, anemia, and hypoproteinemia without pulmonary disease is rarely reported before. We describe an 11-month-old boy with rash and edema as the presenting signs of cystic fibrosis. The interesting additional finding in our patient wa...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Dalgic B,Egritas O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a cause of chronic intestinal inflammation in children. In a subset of patients affected by IBD, arthropathy may be the leading presenting sign. In the past years, remarkable advances in gastrointestinal endoscopy techniques have been achieved; recently, the development of capsule e...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Taddio A,Simonini G,Lionetti P,Lepore L,Martelossi S,Ventura A,Cimaz R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the 'Motorik-Modul' (MoMo Basiserhebung, www.motorik-modul.de ) was to establish prevalence measurements on physical fitness and physical activity in German children and adolescents and to identify differences between age groups and genders. A total of 4,529 children and adolescents between the ag...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Woll A,Kurth BM,Opper E,Worth A,Bös K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the percentiles of interpopliteal distance to diagnose bowleg in 0-6 year-old children. Measurement of interpopliteal distance is a simple but valuable indicator in clinical examination to diagnose bowleg. We analyzed data from the anthropometry of Turkish children aged 0-6 y...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kurtoglu S,Mazicioglu MM,Ozturk A,Hatipoglu N,Balci E,Ustunbas HB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a non-frequent vasculitis of small- and medium-sized vessels. Psoriatic arthritis (PA) is described as a "unique inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis" with an inexact prevalence rate due to the lack of widely accepted classification criteria. We describe the case of an 11-year...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Oulego-Erroz I,Gautreaux-Minaya S,Martinez-Sáenz de Jubera J,Naranjo-Vivas D,Fernéndez-Hernández S,Muñíz-Fontán M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological manifestations and outcomes of children with the 2009 H1N1 virus infection have been reported in three American series and from smaller cohorts and case reports worldwide. Of the 83 children admitted between April 2009 and March 2010 with H1N1 virus infection to a tertiary children's hospital in a Europea...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Surana P,Tang S,McDougall M,Tong CY,Menson E,Lim M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pharyngitis is one of the most frequent causes of primary care physician visits; however, there is no agreement about which is the best strategy to diagnose and manage acute pharyngitis in children. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the recommended strategies to diagnose and ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Giraldez-Garcia C,Rubio B,Gallegos-Braun JF,Imaz I,Gonzalez-Enriquez J,Sarria-Santamera A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations in children aged < 2 years. The aim of this retrospective, single-centre study was to examine the characteristics of patients admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with RSV infection followin...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Butt ML,Symington A,Janes M,Elliott L,Steele S,Paes BA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was planned to determine identifiable starting points of a trend towards obesity and the influence of variables in preschool children aged 0 to 6 years. In this longitudinal follow-up study, 102 children were enrolled. Anthropometric measurements such as weight-height centiles (specific for gender and age gr...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Yücel O,Kinik ST,Aka S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of urolithiasis in children is increasing. Adequate knowledge of treatment modalities and surgical options is therefore essential for every pediatrician. Surgical approaches to urolithiasis in children continue to evolve with advancements in technology and sophistication of current equipment and techniqu...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Hwang K,Mason MD,Peters CA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old male child presented with progressively increasing asymmetrical overgrowth of limbs, hyperpigmentation on the right half of the body, and mental retardation since 9 months of age. ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Sethi SK,Yadav D,Garg P,Chawla J,Goyal D

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen (DMC) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the association of a progressive spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia and mental retardation ranging from mild to severe. The disorder results from mutations in the dymeclin (DYM) gene in the 18q12-12.1 chromosomal region. We re...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Khalifa O,Imtiaz F,Al-Sakati N,Al-Manea K,Verloes A,Al-Owain M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Nations Convention of Children's Rights (UNCRC) introduced in 1989 has generated a global movement for the protection of children's rights and has brought about a paradigm change in how children are perceived. Pediatric healthcare professionals are interacting with children and therefore with children's rig...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Streuli JC,Michel M,Vayena E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the outcomes of Croatian children with biliary atresia. Health records of infants born in Croatia between January 1, 1992 and December 31, 2006 who were diagnosed with biliary atresia and treated at a single university center were reviewed. Survival rates were calculated wi...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Grizelj R,Vuković J,Novak M,Batinica S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeopathic globules are frequently used in children as a first-line treatment. Most of these globules are coated with sugar substitutes like xylitol; these substitutes are known for their laxative effect. Our patient shows that consumption of globules coated with xylitol does not have only laxative effects. It may ca...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Wille D,Hauri-Hohl M,Vonbach P,Tomaske M,Padden B,Bernet V

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet syndrome, also referred to as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is characterized by tender, red inflammatory nodules or papules that occur in association with infection, malignancy, connective tissue disease, or following exposure to certain drugs. Although drug-induced Sweet syndrome is rare, granulocyte c...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Kim MJ,Choe YH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple A syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by alacrima, achalasia, ACTH-resistant adrenal insufficiency, autonomic dysfunction, and neurodegeneration. Mutations in the AAAS gene on chromosome 12q13 encoding the nuclear pore protein ALADIN have been reported in these patients. Over the period 19...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Milenkovic T,Zdravkovic D,Savic N,Todorovic S,Mitrovic K,Koehler K,Huebner A

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary malformation characterized by hypoplasia of the right lung and drainage of the right pulmonary veins into the vena cava inferior. It may also be associated with cardiac dextroversion and anomalies of the tracheobronchial system, cardiovascular system, and diaphrag...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Demir E,Aşkin M,Midyat L,Gülen F,Ulger Z,Tanaç R,Bayraktaroğlu S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before promoting certain types of physical activities, the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department of Malta wanted to know whether children knew how to perform them in the first place, and if not, what barriers they had encountered. A cross-sectional, self-reported study involved 11-year-old students (boys ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Micallef C,Calleja N,Decelis A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rasmussen's syndrome (RS) is a rare acquired progressive inflammatory encephalopathy characterized by drug-resistant partial seizures and cognitive deterioration resulting from a gradual impairment and a subsequent atrophy of a single brain hemisphere. It was firstly described by Theodore Rasmussen in 1958. The origin...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Mastrangelo M,Mariani R,Menichella A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron deficiency is frequently associated with anemia. Iron is a transition-metal ion, and it can induce free radical formation, which leads to formation of various lesions in DNA, proteins, and lipids. The aim of this study was to investigate baseline oxidative DNA damage and to clarify the role of the administration ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Aksu BY,Hasbal C,Himmetoglu S,Dincer Y,Koc EE,Hatipoglu S,Akcay T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hypothermia at birth is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity in pre-term infants. BACKGROUND:A local audit showed limited effectiveness of occlusive wrapping in preventing admission hypothermia in very pre-term infants. Self-heating acetate gel mattresses were introduced as a result to prevent...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Ibrahim CP,Yoxall CW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is rare that coloboma, heart anomalies, choanal atresia, retarded growth and development, and genital and ear anomalies (CHARGE) syndrome patients have DiGeorge sequence showing severe immunodeficiency due to the defect of the thymus. Although the only treatment to achieve immunological recovery for these patients ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Inoue H,Takada H,Kusuda T,Goto T,Ochiai M,Kinjo T,Muneuchi J,Takahata Y,Takahashi N,Morio T,Kosaki K,Hara T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Four patients with tyrosinemia type 1 (ages 6-32 months) were treated with 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoro-methylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexandion (NTBC) at Cairo University Children's Hospital, Egypt and followed up for 12-27 months. The recommended average dose of NTBC is 1 mg/kg/day. They were started on the following d...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： El-Karaksy H,Rashed M,El-Sayed R,El-Raziky M,El-Koofy N,El-Hawary M,Al-Dirbashi O

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric patients are more vulnerable to drug administration errors due to a lack of appropriate drug dosages and strengths for use in this group of patients. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the extent and types of drug administration errors in two paediatric wards and to identify measures t...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Chua SS,Chua HM,Omar A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The updated Dutch guidelines on Neonatal Resuscitation assimilate the latest evidence in neonatal resuscitation. Important changes with regard to the 2004 guidelines and controversial issues concerning neonatal resuscitation are reviewed, and recommendations for daily practice are provided and argued in the context of...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： van den Dungen FA,van Veenendaal MB,Mulder AL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gradenigo's syndrome (GS) is a rare disease characterised by the triad otitis media, pain in the region innervated by the first and the second division of trigeminal nerve and abducens nerve palsy. Septic sinus thrombosis is one of the most frequent and relevant complication of GS; it is often due to persistent damage...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Scardapane A,Del Torto M,Nozzi M,Elio C,Breda L,Chiarelli F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lemierre syndrome, also known as postanginal sepsis, is a severe complication of an acute oropharyngeal infection that results in septic thrombophlebitis of the ipsilateral internal jugular vein with subsequent septicemia, often complicated by metastatic infections (Syed et al., Laryngoscope 117:1605-1610, 2007). We p...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Vargiami EG,Farmaki E,Tasiopoulou D,Zafeiriou DI,Badouraki M,Anastasiou A,Karkos C,Gombakis N,Athanasiou-Metaxa M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is associated with coronary artery injury. Studies have shown that the endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) participates in the process of arterial repair. Data have been reported that the number of EPC increased significantly in the subacute phase of KD. However, until now, there are no data about ...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Xu MG,Men LN,Zhao CY,Zhao X,Wang YX,Meng XC,Shen DR,Meng BY,Zhang Q,Wang T

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to assess whether the severity of congenital heart defects (CHD) affects disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children after open heart surgery. One hundred and fourteen children with CHD and one of their parents participated in the study. HRQOL was evaluated b...

journal_title：European journal of pediatrics

authors： Tahirović E,Begić H,Nurkić M,Tahirović H,Varni JW

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00