Asthma has little, if any, significant effect on attained adult height. Untreated asthma results in a delay of puberty by approximately 1.3 years, and pubertal delay is likely to explain the majority ...

The longest vertical distance between the upper and lower borders of the liver measured radiologically is suggested for estimating the size of the liver. This parameter, called vertical axis of the ...

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1 Division of Pediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Division of Hematology and Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children 3 Virology Laboratory, DPLM, The ...

Correspondence to Dr Tim Cheetham, Paediatric Endocrinology, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK; tim.cheetham{at}nhs.net Graves’ disease is a rare disorder that continues ...

Correspondence to Professor Steve E Humphries, Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, British Heart Foundation Laboratories, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, The Rayne Building University College ...

1 Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK 2 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK Objectives To explore the experiences of ...

Correspondence to Varpu Elenius, Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland; varpu.elenius{at}utu.fi ...

3 Molecular Medicine Unit and Birth Defects Research Centre, University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Jane Lucas, PCD Centre, Clinical and ...

Objectives To review the effects and safety of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for bronchiolitis. Methods Six electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled ...

Hypocalcaemia is a common clinical scenario in children with a range of aetiological causes. It will often present with common symptoms but may occasionally be identified in an asymptomatic child. An ...

Despite the fact that infants spend more time asleep than awake, an understanding of the importance and effects of sleep on the pathophysiology of illness in infancy is a relatively recent development ...