Introduction The Irish Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) provides a forensic pathology service for cases of criminal, ...

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

The newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) is part of the newborn screening programme, performed between birth and discharge from hospital. It is a routine job for neonatal junior doctors at ...

Advances in paediatric care mean that more children with complex medical problems (heart disease, neurodevelopmental problems and so on) are surviving their early years. This has important ...

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A previously healthy five-year-old boy presented to the paediatric emergency department with marked swelling, redness and warmth in the left arm (Figure 1), that occurred within 48 hours of receiving ...

8 Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Sir Henry Wellcome Laboratories, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK 9 Paediatric Allergy, King's ...

2 Department of Dermatology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence to Peter A Lio, Department of Dermatology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 676 N. Saint Clair, No.