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Neonatal screening: 9% of children with filter paper thyroid‐stimulating hormone levels between 5 and 10 μIU/mL have congenital hypothyroidism

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2017
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism in children with filter paper TSH levels (f‐TSH) between 5 and 10 μUI/mL in the neonatal screening. Methods: This was a retrospective study including children screened from 2003 to 2010,
Flávia C. Christensen‐Adad, Carolina T. Mendes‐dos‐Santos, Maura M.F. Goto, Letícia E. Sewaybricker, Lília F.R. D'Souza‐Li, Gil Guerra‐Junior, André M. Morcillo, Sofia Helena V. Lemos‐Marini   +7 more
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Frontline Health Workers: The Best Way to Save Lives, Accelerate Progress on Global Health, and Help Advance U.S. Interests [PDF]

, 2012
Argues for training, equipping, and supporting community-based health workers, midwives, pharmacists, nurses, and doctors who provide care for rural populations in the developing world as a cost-efficient way to advance global health and ...

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Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure increases hospitalizations for bronchiolitis in infants [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a worldwide health problem and it is considered a risk factor for pregnant women's and children's health, particularly for respiratory morbidity during the first year of life.
Adorni F, Agosti M, Aurilia C, Barberi I, Barboni G, Bertino E, Boldrini A, Bonomi A, Bottau P, Braibanti S, Carlucci A, Corona MF, Corsello G, Corso G, Coscia A, Dall’Agnola A, De Curtis M, De Luca MG, Del Vecchio A, Di Fabio S, Di Santo S, Ellero S, Fabiano A, Fabris C, Faccia P, Fanos V, Gabriele B, Gargano G, Gaudino M, Girardi E, La Forgia N, Ladetto L, Lanari M, Loprieno S, Macagno F, Magaldi R, Memo L, Molinari L, Musicco M, Natale F, Negri C, Ngalikpima CJ, Nicolini G, Nosari N, Orfeo L, Paolillo P, Parmigiani S, Piano F, Prinelli F, Puddu M, Rinaldi M, Romagnoli C, Sarnelli P, Silvestri M, Spinelli M, Umbaldo A, Vandini S, Vuerich M, Zorzi G, ” Faldella G   +59 more
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Diagnostic Yield of Genome Sequencing Versus Exome Sequencing in Pediatric Patients With Rare Phenotypes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rare diseases affect 6% of Western societies and are a leading cause of pediatric mortality. The popularization of Next Generation Sequencing technologies, especially exome sequencing (ES), revolutionized the diagnosis of children with rare disease. Still, most patients face extensive diagnostic odysseys and remain undiagnosed.
Anna Luiza Braga Albuquerque, Giovanna Giovacchini dos Santos, Sara Hadj Sadok, Breno Bopp Antonello, Lorena Melo de Jesus, Maria Eduarda Andrade de Carvalho, Antonio Mutarelli, Paulo Victor Zattar Ribeiro   +7 more
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Malrotation and Midgut Volvulus in Children: Diagnostic Approach, Imaging Findings, and Pitfalls

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
Malrotation and midgut volvulus are surgical emergencies that commonly occur within the first month of life. The classic symptom is acute bilious vomiting, while nonspecific symptoms such as recurrent abdominal pain may be present in older children ...
Jeongju Kim, So-Young Yoo, Tae Yeon Jeon, Ji Hye Kim   +3 more
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Total parenteral nutrition and carnitine supplementation practices in preterm neonates - results of a national survey [PDF]

, 2013
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityBackground: The goal of postnatal total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in premature neonates (PT) is to mimic the intrauterine environment of the fetus. Micronutrients are essential for optimal development.
Khalid, Sabeen
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AP2M1 Is a Candidate Gene for Microcephaly and Intellectual Disability in 3q27.1 Deletions

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deletions of the 3q26.33q27.2 region appear to correlate with a distinct phenotype, although there are few reported cases. Here, we present seven previously unreported individuals carrying de novo 3q27 deletions (under 5 Mb), which include the AP2M1 (adaptor‐related protein complex 2, mu‐1 subunit) gene and summarize data from 12 previously ...
Russell Gear, Paul Kalitsis, Melissa Glass, Bertrand Isidor, Catherine Vincent‐Delorme, Florence Petit, Judith M. A. Verhagen, Alexander Jorge, Ana Cristina Victorino Krepischi, Ikeoluwa Osei‐Owusu, Eva Martinez, Anne O'Donnell‐Luria, Nicole de Leeuw, Sarah Ruggiero, Ingo Helbig, Francis David I, Natasha J. Brown   +16 more
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Síndrome de Prune Belly

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Prune Belly Syndrome is a fetal uropathy of unknown etiology with incidence of 1/35000 to 1/50000 alive been born, characterized by a classical triad: abdominal musculature congenital deficiency, bilateral criptorquidia and urinary tract malformations ...
Roni Leonardo Teixeira, Alexandre Petreca, Patrícia Andréa Torres Garcia   +2 more
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Pregnancy lipidomic profiles and DNA methylation in newborns from the CHAMACOS cohort. [PDF]

, 2019
Lipids play a role in many biological functions and the newly emerging field of lipidomics aims to characterize the varying classes of lipid molecules present in biological specimens.
Bradman, Asa, Eskenazi, Brenda, HOLLAND, Nina, Huen, Karen, Lee, Douglas, Tindula, Gwen   +5 more
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Congenital Chagas Disease in the United States: Cost Savings Through Maternal Screening [PDF]

, 2018
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted by insect vectors through transfusions, transplants, insect feces in food, and from mother to child during gestation.
Bialek, Stephanie R., Montgomery, Susan P., Perez-Zetune, Victoria, Stillwaggon, Eileen   +3 more
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