Optimization of a micro-scale air–liquid-interface model of human proximal airway epithelium for moderate throughput drug screening for SARS-CoV-2 by Chandani Sen, Tammy M. Rickabaugh, Arjit Vijey Jeyachandran, Constance Yuen, Maisam Ghannam, Abdo Durra, Adam Aziz, Kristen Castillo, Gustavo Garcia, Arunima Purkayastha, Brandon Han, Felix W. Boulton, Eugene Chekler, Robert Garces, Karen C. Wolff, Laura Riva, Melanie G. Kirkpatrick, Amal Gebara-Lamb, Case W. McNamara, Ulrich A. K. Betz, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Robert Damoiseaux, Brigitte N. Gomperts

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Adrenal Disorders and the Paediatric Brain: Pathophysiological Considerations and Clinical Implications by Vincenzo Salpietro, Agata Polizzi, Gabriella Di Rosa, Anna Claudia Romeo, Valeria Dipasquale, Paolo Morabito, Valeria Chirico, Teresa Arrigo, Martino Ruggieri

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Clinical presentation and predictors of hospital mortality of diphtheria in Nigeria, July 2023 to April 2024: a single-center study by Abdurrazzaq Alege, Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim, Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Olajide Aladesua, Abubakar Sani Lugga, Yunusa Yusuf Yahaya, Abdallah Sanda, Bello Muhammed Suleiman

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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Positive Critically Ill Children by Yudy Fonseca, MD, Alise Davies, PA, Stephanie Jarrin, MD, Liliana Simon, MD, Cortney Foster, DO, Sun Kai, Adnan Bhutta, MD

“…Data reported to the Virtual Pediatric Systems, 2018–2021. PATIENTS:. Patients 28 days to younger than 18 years old, admitted to a PICU with either PE or COVID-19 diagnoses. …”
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Clinical characteristics of and growth hormone treatment effects on short stature with type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) gene alteration by Yuki Kawashima-Sonoyama, Keisuke Wada, Kei Yamamoto, Masanobu Fujimoto, Noriyuki Namba, Takeshi Taketani

“…We investigated short stature with IGF1R gene alterations and analyzed the clinical data of 13 patients using the results of questionnaires issued to the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology. Four cases were caused by a deletion of chromosome 15q26.3, and eight were caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in the IGF1R gene. …”
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A new score for predicting intracranial hemorrhage in patients using anticoagulant drugs by Fuxin Ma, Zhiwei Zeng, Jiana Chen, Chengfu Guan, Wenlin Xu, Chunhua Wang, Jinhua Zhang

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Study of long-acting vs daily growth hormone: peak levels, AUC, action duration, and IGF-1 by Ashraf Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Alaaraj, Noor Hamed, Shayma Mohamed, Ahmed Elawwa, Vincenzo De Sanctis

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A novel homozygous intronic variant in CDT1 that alters splicing causes Meier–Gorlin syndrome, and a review of published mutations and growth hormone treatments by Qing Li, Yichi Wu, Fucheng Meng, Zhuxi Li, Di Zhan, Xiaoping Luo

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Association between P2RY12 Gene Polymorphisms and IVIG Resistance in Kawasaki Patients by Zhouping Wang, Yufen Xu, Huazhong Zhou, Yanfei Wang, Wei Li, Zhaoliang Lu, Zhiyong Jiang, Xueping Gu, Hao Zheng, Lanlan Zeng, Ping Huang, Li Zhang, Xiaoqiong Gu

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Analysis of acute non-pharmaceutical toxic exposures in children: a 5-year retrospective study by Yanning Qu, Rui Tang, Zhuyan Duan, Mengyi Sheng, Hui Wang, Shuang Liu, Jiao Li, Linlin Guo, Linying Guo, Si Zheng, Si Zheng

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to systematically analyze the epidemiological characteristics, clinical interventions and outcomes of children with acute non-pharmaceutical toxic exposures.MethodsThis retrospective study included all children with acute non-pharmaceutical toxic exposure admitted to the emergency department of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023. …”
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Recurrent Thoracic Duplication Cyst with Associated Mediastinal Gas by Hammad Al-Sadoon, Nathan Wiseman, Victor Chernick

“…Mediastinal cysts are not uncommon in the pediatric age group. Presentation varies from an abnormality found on routine chest radiograph to severe respiratory distress and even respiratory failure. …”
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Recent Progress in the Identification of the X-Linked Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Xl-SMA) Gene: Implications for Neuronal Apoptosis by L. L. Baumbach, D. Dressman, H. Basterrechea, M. E. Ahearn, N. T. Bech-Hansen, R. D. Clark, A. Meind, E. Hoffman

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Intractable Diarrhea in a Newborn Infant: Microvillous Inclusion Disease by Wendy Wilson, R Brent Scott, Alfredo Pinto, Marli A Robertson

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Moya Moya Disease in a Child: A Case Report by Jagdish P. Goyal, Sanjeev S. Rao, Sangita Trivedi

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Severe emm89 Group A Streptococcal Disease Characterized by Toxic Shock and Endocarditis by Morouge Alramadhan, Gloria P. Heresi, Anthony R. Flores

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Unique Mode of Lipogenic Activation in Rat Preputial Sebocytes by Dianne Deplewski, Kenan Qin, Nancy Ciletti, Robert L. Rosenfield

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Nitazoxanide in Acute Rotavirus Diarrhea: A Randomized Control Trial from a Developing Country by Samarendra Mahapatro, Nijwm Mahilary, Amit Kumar Satapathy, Rashmi Ranjan Das

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Dynamics of Graft Function Measured by DNA-Technology in a Patient with Severe Aplastic Anemia and Repeated Stem Cell Transplantation by Anna Karastaneva, Christian Urban, Herwig Lackner, Wolfgang Schwinger

“…Although bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from an HLA identical sibling is considered as treatment of choice in pediatric patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA), a significant number of them experience graft failure (GF) after BMT. …”
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Comparison of Bone Mineral Density in Thalassemia Major Patients with Healthy Controls by Mahesh Chand Meena, Alok Hemal, Mukul Satija, Shilpa Khanna Arora, Shahina Bano

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Regional Prevalence of Short Stature in Saudi School-Age Children and Adolescents by Mohammad I. El Mouzan, Abdullah S. Al Herbish, Abdullah A. Al Salloum, Ahmad A. Al Omer, Mansour M. Qurachi

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