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 ...

2 Department of Children’s Nursing, Rotherham General Hospital, UK 3 Department of Microbiology, Rotherham General Hospital, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Macfarlane Department of Child Health, Rotherham ...

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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 ...

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 ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 2 Virology Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Pregnant unvaccinated women and their unborn ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...