abstract：:Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare form of thyroid dysgenesis of which some familial cases have been reported, including one associated with a heterozygous mutation in the Pax8 gene. However, the physiopathology remains not well known. The objectives of this study were 1) to describe the clinical features, 2) to look for ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Castanet M,Leenhardt L,Léger J,Simon-Carré A,Lyonnet S,Pelet A,Czernichow P,Polak M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies have linked intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease later in life; reduced cardiomyocyte number in IUGR hearts may underlie such prenatal programming. Our aim was to examine the effect of IUGR, as a result of maternal protein restriction, on th...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Corstius HB,Zimanyi MA,Maka N,Herath T,Thomas W,van der Laarse A,Wreford NG,Black MJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors that mediate the postnatal fall in pulmonary vascular resistance, which is crucial for normal gas exchange, are not fully understood. The endothelium has been implicated in this phenomenon, through the release of vasorelaxant factors such as nitric oxide (NO). Human pulmonary expression of endothelial NO s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lévy M,Maurey C,Dinh-Xuan AT,Vouhé P,Israël-Biet D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are inherited metabolic disorders resulting from the defective catabolism of glycosaminoglycans. In this report, we find that the stimulation of MPS connective tissue cells by the inflammatory cytokines causes enhanced secretion of several matrix-degrading metalloproteinases (MMPs). In ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Simonaro CM,D'Angelo M,Haskins ME,Schuchman EH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting bone turnover in premature infants are not entirely clear but certainly are different from those influencing bones of adults and children. To identify fetal and maternal factors that might influence bone turnover, we prospectively studied 50 infants (30 preterm and 20 full-term) born at Ain Shams Uni...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Aly H,Moustafa MF,Amer HA,Hassanein S,Keeves C,Patel K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, similar intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) rates were observed between cities with distinct levels of socioeconomic development, challenging the current knowledge that higher rates of IUGR would necessarily be observed in poorer areas than in wealthier ones. Ribeirão Preto, a city located in the most de...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： De Farias Aragão VM,Barbieri MA,Moura Da Silva AA,Bettiol H,Ribeiro VS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term (0-48 h) effects of maternal betamethasone administration on computerized fetal heart rate (FHR) parameters were studied in 36 pregnancies at increased risk for preterm delivery. FHR was recorded for 90 min immediately before the start of betamethasone treatment and again at 6-h intervals during the nex...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lunshof MS,Boer K,Wolf H,Koppen S,Velderman JK,Mulder EJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) patients show partial retention of peripheral chemoreception despite impaired ventilatory responses to CO2 and hypoxia. The condition allows examination of central responses to hyperoxia, which minimizes afferent traffic from peripheral chemoreceptors. We used functio...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Woo MA,Macey PM,Macey KE,Keens TG,Woo MS,Harper RK,Harper RM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal brain develops rapidly during the last trimester of pregnancy. Therefore, the brain of infants who are born preterm is vulnerable to changes in oxygen and nutrient supply in the neonatal period. The objective was to determine the effect of gestational age (GA) on the cerebral O2 supply threshold level for pr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： van Os S,Liem D,Hopman J,Klaessens J,van de Bor M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous EEG monitoring has not been used widely in neonatal intensive care, especially in the care of extremely premature infants, probably in part because of a lack of a reliable quantitative method. The purpose of this study was to quantify the EEG of the very premature infants just after birth by using spectral ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Victor S,Appleton RE,Beirne M,Marson AG,Weindling AM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A) is a frequent surgical procedure in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Many symptomatic children who do not fulfill the currently recommended criteria for T&A may benefit from topical intranasal steroid therapy. However, the expression of glucocorticoid receptor (GCR) ex...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goldbart AD,Veling MC,Goldman JL,Li RC,Brittian KR,Gozal D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may represent a mode of allergy prevention. Cord blood (CB) CD34+ hemopoietic progenitors are altered in infants at risk of atopy. We therefore studied the effects of dietary n-3 PUFA supplementation during pregnancy on numbers and function of progenitors in neonates at h...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Denburg JA,Hatfield HM,Cyr MM,Hayes L,Holt PG,Sehmi R,Dunstan JA,Prescott SL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium aspiration syndrome is a serious condition of the newborn characterized by pulmonary inflammation with substantial neutrophil infiltration. We recently showed that meconium is a potent activator of complement. The aim of the present study was to investigate a possible role for complement in meconium-induced n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Castellheim A,Pharo A,Fung M,Saugstad OD,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a 22-carbon, highly unsaturated, n-3 fatty acid, is important for optimal nervous system function. In this study, designed to quantify how preformed dietary DHA regulates metabolic pathways in vivo, 8-d-old rat pups were divided into four groups and fed artificial rat milk diets. One group ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lefkowitz W,Lim SY,Lin Y,Salem N Jr

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study cardiovascular autonomic control, we assessed the effect of atropine on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) variability in 12 preterm infants (range 26-32 wk) before intubation for respiratory insufficiency. Spectral power analysis of R-R interval and systolic BP (SBP) series were estimated in a low-frequ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Andriessen P,Janssen BJ,Berendsen RC,Oetomo SB,Wijn PF,Blanco CE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal aspirate IL-8 concentration and airway epithelial cell IL-8 expression are each increased in premature infants undergoing mechanical ventilation. We sought to determine the cytokines responsible for IL-8 expression in this context. Tracheal aspirates were collected from 18 mechanically ventilated premature in...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shimotake TK,Izhar FM,Rumilla K,Li J,Tan A,Page K,Brasier AR,Schreiber MD,Hershenson MB

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a serious condition in newborns, associated with a poorly characterized inflammatory reaction. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible role for complement in pulmonary pathophysiology and systemic inflammation in experimental MAS. MAS was induced by instillation of mec...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lindenskov PH,Castellheim A,Aamodt G,Saugstad OD,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) differed between two selected groups of black and white children and whether a difference existed to determine whether it was related to hematologic profiles, body composition, and/or physical activity/inactivity level. Fort...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Andreacci JL,Robertson RJ,Dubé JJ,Aaron DJ,Balasekaran G,Arslanian SA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are scant regarding the development of cerebrovascular autoregulation in intrauterine growth-restricted (IUGR) newborns. We tested the hypothesis that IUGR improves the ability of neonates to withstand critical periods of gradual hemorrhagic hypotension by optimizing cerebrovascular autoregulation. Studies were c...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bauer R,Walter B,Vollandt R,Zwiener U

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is useful in predicting neurologic prognosis in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Reductions in N-acetyl derived metabolites and presence of lactate have been predictive of poor outcomes. We examined another spectroscopy metabolite...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ashwal S,Holshouser B,Tong K,Serna T,Osterdock R,Gross M,Kido D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal maternal stress has been shown to impair functioning in nonhuman primate offspring. Little is known about the effects of prenatal stress on intellectual and language development in humans because it is difficult to identify sufficiently large samples of pregnant women who have been exposed to an independent s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Laplante DP,Barr RG,Brunet A,Galbaud du Fort G,Meaney ML,Saucier JF,Zelazo PR,King S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DGCR6 is the most centromeric gene in the human DiGeorge critical region and is the only gene in the region with a second functional copy on a repeat localized more distally on chromosome 22. We isolated the chicken ortholog of DGCR6 and showed an embryonic expression pattern that is initially broad but becomes gradua...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hierck BP,Molin DG,Boot MJ,Poelmann RE,Gittenberger-de Groot AC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-8/CXC ligand (CXCL) 8 is ingested in high concentrations by the human fetus/neonate with amniotic fluid and human milk, and is also produced constitutively by intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). We have shown that recombinant human IL-8/CXCL8 (rhIL-8/CXCL8) protects cultured IEC against tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Maheshwari A,Lacson A,Lu W,Fox SE,Barleycorn AA,Christensen RD,Calhoun DA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed auditory event-related potentials in small-for-gestational-age (SGA; 850 +/- 258 g, 28.9 +/- 3.3 gestational wk; n = 15) and appropriate for gestational age (AGA; 1014 +/- 231 g, 26.9 +/- 1.9 gestational wk; n = 20) preterm infants and healthy term infants (n = 22). An oddball paradigm was used with a harm...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fellman V,Kushnerenko E,Mikkola K,Ceponiene R,Leipala J,Naatanen R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether reoxygenation with 100% O(2) for 5 min after experimental asphyxia in newborn piglets was as efficient as 100% O(2) for 20 min compared with room air. Forty-one anesthetized piglets, 1-3 d old, were randomized to cerebral hypoxemia-ischemia-hypercapnia (HIH) or control (n = 5). HIH was achieved by ve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Solas AB,Munkeby BH,Saugstad OD

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a recognized risk factor for neurologic deficits later in life. Abnormal fetal blood flow in the presence of fetal growth retardation helps to distinguish true fetal growth impairment from small but normally grown infants. The present study aimed to investigate the influence o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ley D,Marsal K,Dahlgren J,Hellstrom A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are likely effectors of normal lung development, especially branching morphogenesis, angiogenesis, and extracellular matrix degradation. Because hyperoxia exposure (>95% O(2)) from d 4 to 14 in newborn rat pups leads to arrest of alveolarization and mimics newborn chronic lung disease, ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hosford GE,Fang X,Olson DM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) is used to select patients for neuroprotective therapy after perinatal asphyxia because of its prognostic accuracy within several hours after birth. We aimed to determine the natural course of aEEG patterns during the first 72 h of life, in relation to neurologic outcome, in a group of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： ter Horst HJ,Sommer C,Bergman KA,Fock JM,van Weerden TW,Bos AF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hemolytic anemia associated with red blood cell (RBC) glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is commonly encountered in the Mediterranean basin. Nevertheless, concomitant clinical evidence of white blood cell G6PD deficiency is extremely rare in Israel. This study sought to assess simultaneously lev...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wolach B,Ashkenazi M,Grossmann R,Gavrieli R,Friedman Z,Bashan N,Roos D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women who are at risk of preterm delivery are treated with antenatal steroids to facilitate fetal lung maturation. During this period, there is a potential for fetal or maternal hypoxemia to occur. Fetal responses to hypoxemia in sheep are well documented. However, less is known regarding maternal responses to hypoxem...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kutzler MA,Coksaygan T,Ferguson AD,Vincent SE,Nathanielsz PW

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of genes involved in the innate immune system have been reported to be associated with an increased sepsis rate in adults. We determined the -159T mutation of the CD14 gene, the 896G mutation of the toll-like receptor 4 gene, the 3020insC mutation of the NOD2 gene (NOD2-3020insC), the IL-6 174G/C promoter po...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ahrens P,Kattner E,Köhler B,Härtel C,Seidenberg J,Segerer H,Möller J,Göpel W,Genetic Factors in Neonatology Study Group.

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia (EIAH) is a recognized phenomenon in highly trained adults. Like adult athletes, prepubescent trained children may develop high-level metabolic demand but with a limited lung capacity in comparison with adults. The purpose of this investigation was to search for evidence of EIAH in ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nourry C,Fabre C,Bart F,Grosbois JM,Berthoin S,Mucci P

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) serves many vasoprotective roles, but the massive release of NO causes arterial wall degeneration. We investigated whether enhanced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in peripheral blood leukocytes and circulating endothelial cells mirrors the progression of coronary arterial lesions in 55 child...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yu X,Hirono KI,Ichida F,Uese K,Rui C,Watanabe S,Watanabe K,Hashimoto I,Kumada T,Okada E,Terai M,Suzuki A,Miyawaki T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationships between cerebral fractional oxygen extraction (FOE), mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), left ventricular output (LVO), blood gases, and other physiologic variables in 36 very-low-birth-weight preterm infants during the first 3 d after birth. There was a decrease in cerebral FOE ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kissack CM,Garr R,Wardle SP,Weindling AM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) are members of a group of rare heterogenous disorders, the histiocytoses, characterized by uncontrolled accumulation of pleomorphic infiltrates of leukocytes. The etiology of these diseases is mainly unknown. CD45 is a hemopoietic cell sp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Boxall S,McCormick J,Beverley P,Strobel S,De Filippi P,Dawes R,Klersy C,Clementi R,De Juli E,Ferster A,Wallace D,Aricò M,Danesino C,Tchilian E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been recent interest in the use of the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil for treating pulmonary hypertension. We examined the interaction between inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and i.v. sildenafil in 12 piglets with acute pulmonary hypertension and lung injury secondary to meconium aspiration. Six animals...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shekerdemian LS,Ravn HB,Penny DJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial trifunctional protein (TFP) is a multienzyme complex of the beta-oxidation cycle. Human TFP is an octamer composed of four alpha-subunits harboring long-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase and long-chain L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and four beta-subunits encoding long-chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase. Mutat...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Spiekerkoetter U,Khuchua Z,Yue Z,Bennett MJ,Strauss AW

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small bowel resection decreases brush border membrane (BBM) glucose uptake kinetics. Oral epidermal growth factor (EGF) returns net glucose transport across intact tissue to control levels despite persistence of a defect in BBM glucose uptake. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of resection and EGF t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chung BM,Wallace LE,Winkfein RK,O'Loughlin EV,Hardin JA,Gall DG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess differences in sound spectra of crying of term newborns in relation to different pain levels. Fifty-seven consecutively born neonates were evaluated during heel-prick performed with different analgesic techniques. Crying was recorded and frequency spectrograms analyzed. A pain s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bellieni CV,Sisto R,Cordelli DM,Buonocore G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have reported marked pulmonary inflammation in infants who develop chronic lung disease of prematurity. We revisited these infants who did not have clinical or laboratory evidence of infection and searched for Ureaplasma urealyticum, group B streptococci, and other microbes by reverse transcription-PCR ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kotecha S,Hodge R,Schaber JA,Miralles R,Silverman M,Grant WD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00