Awareness and healthcare-seeking behavior regarding acute respiratory infections among mothers of under-five children in rural Tamil Nadu: A hospital-based cross-sectional study by Rasha Aslam Koranath, Abhilasha Nair

“…Conclusion: Majority of mothers had fair awareness regarding childhood ARI in this study. It is necessary to put more effort into educating these mothers about the importance of early detection and seeking appropriate health care for ARI in their children.…”
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Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis—A Challenging Demyelinating Disease: Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature by Regina Célia Ajeje Pires de Albuquerque, Raquel Siqueira Leonel de Paula, Manuelina Mariana Capellari Macruz Brito, José Roberto Lopes Ferraz Filho, Lucas Crociati Meguins

“…Although much knowledge has been achieved on the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with MS, it remains a matter of debate and controversy in childhood. We present a case of MS in 9-year-old girl, review the current state of the knowledge on pediatric MS, and discuss the available tools for the diagnosis and treatment.…”
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Implications of the Incidental Finding of a MYCN Amplified Adrenal Tumor: A Case Report and Update of a Pediatric Disease Diagnosed in Adults by Anna Koumarianou, Panagiota Oikonomopoulou, Margarita Baka, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, Stylianos Argentos, Theodoros Piperos, Maria-Ioanna Christodoulou, Kakoulis Theodoulou, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos

“…While neuroblastoma is one of the most common childhood malignancies, in adults it is extremely rare and its treatment is based on pediatric protocols that take into consideration stage and genotypic features, such as MYCN amplification. …”
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Trends in growth and nutritional status of Korean toddlers and preschoolers: a cross-sectional study using 2010–2021 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data by Annisa Turridha, Jae Eun Shim

“…Objectives We aimed to analyze trends in growth and nutrient intake patterns in Korean toddlers and preschoolers and generate data for international comparisons of early childhood growth status. Methods Overall, 3,661 children aged 1–4 years were included. …”
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Associations of Dietary Antioxidants with Glycated Hemoglobin and Insulin Sensitivity in Adults with and without Type 1 Diabetes by Arpita Basu, Amy C. Alman, Janet K. Snell-Bergeon

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Adult Immunization among Postgraduate Resident Doctors in MGM Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India by Nishank Chandrapal Kashyap, Rakesh Maruti Thamke, Aditi Tayade Singhania

“…The adult population needs to keep their vaccination up to date because immunity provided through childhood vaccines weans off eventually making the adult and elderly prone to acquiring some of the vaccine-preventable diseases. …”
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High Lyso-Gb3 Plasma Levels Associated with Decreased miR-29 and miR-200 Urinary Excretion in Young Non-Albuminuric Male Patient with Classic Fabry Disease by Sebastián Jaurretche, Germán R. Perez, Graciela Venera

“…Pathological albuminuria, the first Fabry nephropathy clinical manifestation, can occur from early childhood, although histological lesions such as tubulo-interstitial fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis are present or may precede the onset of pathological albuminuria. …”
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Early ultra-processed foods consumption and hyperactivity/inattention in adolescence by Ricardo Campos Ferreira, Angela Helena Marin, Marcia Regina Vitolo, Paula Dal Bo Campagnolo

“…ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between childhood consumption of ultra-processed foods and symptoms of hyperactivity/inattention in adolescents from São Leopoldo, a city in southern Brazil. …”
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High immunoproteasome and low constitutive proteasome subunit levels correlate with sensitivity to bortezomib-containing chemotherapy: update from the Children’s Oncology Group AAL... by Margot S. F. Roeten, Johan van Meerloo, Suzanne N. van Dijk, Zinia Kwidama, Gaye Jenkins, David T. Teachey, Meenakshi Devidas, Mignon L. Loh, Gertjan J. L. Kaspers, Sonja Zweegman, Gerrit Jansen, Terzah M. Horton, Jacqueline Cloos

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Where Do We Go Wrong in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Functional Constipation in Children? by Neslihan Gürcan Kaya, Hakan Öztürk

“…Objective: Constipation is often inadequately treated in childhood, which can lead to psychological problems. …”
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Lichen Sclerosus Atrophicus with Vitiligo in Pediatrics by Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Mery Rosa Betancourt Trujillo, Lino Arístides Sánchez Galván, Damarys Díaz Leonard, Tamara Sánchez Estrada, Hugo Almeida Leyva

“…It mainly affects the vulva and the perianal region, the extragenital location seen between 15 and 20 % of cases, is rare in childhood. <br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe 8 pediatric patients with lichen sclerosus at the Paquito González Cueto Cienfuegos University Pediatric Hospital. …”
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Help‐seeking behavior of male victims of intimate partner violence in Japan by Junko Morishita, Manabu Yasuda, Shiro Suda

“…Of past experiences, “foregoing divorce to avoid adverse childhood experiences in their offspring” (OR = 3.14, CI = 1.45–6.82, P = .003) was the most significantly associated with help‐seeking behaviors. …”
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Treatment outcomes among children and adolescents with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR tuberculosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jayadeep Patra, Hyacinth Irving, Pranshu Maini, Jady Liang, Anwesh Patra, Mandar Paradkar, Jurgen Rehm

“…Drug adverse effects were reported in 56.4% (95%CI: 9.9-100%) and 68.2% (95%CI: 0-100%) of children respectively. Few childhood XDR- and pre-XDR-TB cases are reported. The relatively good treatment outcomes in children compared to adults may be partly due to publishing bias. …”
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Detecting Methotrexate in Pediatric Patients Using Artificial Neural Networks by Alejandro Medina Santiago, Jorge Iván Bermúdez Rodríguez, Jorge Antonio Orozco Torres, Julio Alberto Guzmán Rabasa, José Manuel Villegas Izaguirre, Gladys Falconi Alejandro

“…However, there is evidence of an association between methotrexate and toxicity risks, which influences the personalization of treatment, particularly in the case of childhood ALL. This article presents the development and implementation of an algorithm based on artificial neural networks to detect methotrexate toxicity in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. …”
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Chronic glomerulonephritis of the mixed type in patient with HBV-infection (<i>Clinical case</i>) by V. S. Adonyeva, A. B. Botchkarev, O. S. Saurina

“…Presented case shows renal onset of chronic viral hepatitis B, that was previously asymptomatic for long time in patient, who was infected at early childhood. Clinical manifestation of disease was characterized by nephrotic syndrome, hematuria, systemic hypertension. …”
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A PERISCOPE INTO THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS IN KADUNA STATE by FARIDA ABUBAKAR SAULAWA

“… Mental health is important at every stage of life, ranging from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. It is as important as physical health to daily living -- a relative state of mind in which a person who is healthy is able to cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of everyday living. …”
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Mechanistic modelling of allergen-induced airways disease in early life by Hannah J. Pybus, Prakrati Dangarh, Man Yin Melanie Ng, Clare M. Lloyd, Sejal Saglani, Reiko J. Tanaka

“…Abstract Asthma affects approximately 300 million individuals worldwide and the onset predominantly arises in childhood. Children are exposed to multiple environmental irritants, such as viruses and allergens, that are common triggers for asthma onset, whilst their immune systems are developing in early life. …”
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SOX5-Null Heterozygous Mutation in a Family with Adult-Onset Hyperkinesia and Behavioral Abnormalities by Michael Zech, Katharina Poustka, Sylvia Boesch, Riccardo Berutti, Tim M. Strom, Wolfgang Grisold, Werner Poewe, Juliane Winkelmann

“…Our results expand the compendium of SOX5 damaging single-nucleotide variation mutations and suggest that SOX5 haploinsufficiency might not be restrictively associated with childhood-onset syndromic disease.…”
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Bilateral Congenital Absence of the Stapes Superstructure in Two Siblings by Jose Ignacio Undabeitia, José Undabeitia, Laura Cianci, Luis Padilla, Eduardo Petreñas, Antonio Municio

“…A long history of nonprogressive hearing loss from birth or early childhood is the key to reach a diagnosis. Several treatment options have been described. …”
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Metabolomics of mothers of children with autism, idiopathic developmental delay, and Down syndrome by Mariana Parenti, Shannon Shoff, Jennie Sotelo-Orozco, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Carolyn M. Slupsky

“…Previous research in the childhood autism risk from genetics and the environment (CHARGE) case–control study identified neurodevelopment-related plasma metabolites in children, suggesting disturbances in the energy-related tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and 1-carbon metabolism (1CM). …”
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