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Acute liver failure in children: The first 348 patients in the pediatric acute liver failure study group [PDF]

The Journal of Pediatrics, 2006
To determine short-term outcome for children with acute liver failure (ALF) as it relates to cause, clinical status, and patient demographics and to determine prognostic factors.A prospective, multicenter case study collecting demographic, clinical, laboratory, and short-term outcome data on children from birth to 18 years with ALF.
Robert H, Squires, Benjamin L, Shneider, John, Bucuvalas, Estella, Alonso, Ronald J, Sokol, Michael R, Narkewicz, Anil, Dhawan, Philip, Rosenthal, Norberto, Rodriguez-Baez, Karen F, Murray, Simon, Horslen, Martin G, Martin, M James, Lopez, Humberto, Soriano, Brendan M, McGuire, Maureen M, Jonas, Nada, Yazigi, Ross W, Shepherd, Kathleen, Schwarz, Steven, Lobritto, Daniel W, Thomas, Joel E, Lavine, Saul, Karpen, Vicky, Ng, Deirdre, Kelly, Nancy, Simonds, Linda S, Hynan   +26 more
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Transplantation in children [PDF]

, 1976
Kidney transplantation in very young children, less than 2 years of age, has usually failed, mainly because of difficulties maintaining these patients on hemodialysis long enough to permit retransplantation after loss of the original graft.
Charles W. Putnam, DeShazo, Kendrick A. Porter, Lilly, Lilly, Richard Weil, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl   +15 more
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A fatal hepatitis A virus with dengue fever co-infection

IDCases, 2019
We report the first pediatric fatal case of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and dengue virus (DENV) co-infection. A 4-year-old boy who had a partial recovery of HAV infection but with subsequent DENV infection; the condition was complicated by acute fulminant ...
Gassem Gohal
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Wilson – Konovalov Disease: Clinical Cases with Different Manifestations and Outcomes

Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии, 2023
Аim: to describe clinical cases of Wilson – Konovalov disease in pediatric patients.Key points. The first clinical case demonstrates the manifestation of Wilson – Konovalov disease with unexplained mild elevation of aminotransferases at the age of 6 ...
O. V. Samodova, G. P. Smirnova, E. A. Krieger   +2 more
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Coexisting Sickle Cell Anemia and Sarcoidosis: A Management Conundrum! [PDF]

, 2017
Sickle cell disease and Sarcoidosis are conditions that are more common in the African American population. In this report we share an unfortunate patient who had hepatic sarcoidosis but could not receive steroids since that precipitated acute liver ...
Gollahalli, Nagesh S., Nutan, FNU
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Parvovirus B19 in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient with Acute Liver Failure: An Underdiagnosed Cause of Acute Non-A-E Viral Hepatitis

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005
There are occasional pediatric reports of parvovirus B19-associated transient acute hepatitis and hepatic failure. A case of a 34-year-old immunocompetent woman who developed severe and prolonged but self-limited acute hepatitis and myelosuppression ...
J Kee Ho, Susan PL Tha, Robert Coupland, Bakul I Dalal, William R Bowie, Gayatri M Sreenivasan, Mel Krajden, Eric M Yoshida   +7 more
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Severe hepatopathy and neurological deterioration after start of valproate treatment in a 6-year-old child with mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase deficiency [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The first subjects with deficiency of mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WARS2) were reported in 2017. Their clinical characteristics can be subdivided into three phenotypes (neonatal phenotype, severe infantile onset phenotype ...
De Bruyne, Ruth, Menten, Björn, Roels, Frank, Roeyers, Herbert, Smet, Joél, Stepman, Hedwig, Van Coster, Rudy, Vanlander, Arnaud, Vantroys, Elise, Vergult, Sarah   +9 more
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FK506 IN PEDIATRIC KIDNEY-TRANSPLANTATION - PRIMARY AND RESCUE EXPERIENCE [PDF]

, 1995
Between December 14, 1989, and December 17, 1993,43 patients undergoing kidney transplantation alone at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh received FK506 as the primary immunosuppressive agent. The mean recipient age was 10.2 ± 4.8 years (range 0.7–17.
ELLIS, D, GILBOA, N, HAKALA, TR, HOPP, L, IRISH, W, JORDAN, ML, MCCAULEY, J, MITCHELL, S, SCANTLEBURY, VP, SHAPIRO, R, SIMMONS, RL, STARZL, TE, TZAKIS, AG, VIVAS, C   +13 more
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Patient Activation in Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Current Insights and Implications for Survivorship Care—A Systematic Review From the e‐QuoL Project

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Patient activation—encompassing knowledge, confidence, and skills in managing individual's health—is a cornerstone of person‐centered care. However, its significance among childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors (CAYACS) remains unexplored. This article examines the application of the 13‐item Patient Activation Measure (
Charlotte Demoor‐Goldschmidt, Anne Maas, Gisela Michel, Amandine Bertrand, Kristen E. T. Thornton, Martine Bellanger, Anna‐Liesa Filbert, Desiree Grabow, Monica Muraca, Katharina Roser, Sara Oberti, Jelena Roganovic, Hanne Cathrine Lie   +12 more
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CALFAN (Low γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT) Cholestasis, Acute Liver Failure, and Neurodegeneration) Syndrome: A Case Report with 3-Year Follow-Up after Liver Transplantation in Early Adulthood

Case Reports in Hepatology, 2023
CALFAN syndrome is an extremely rare disease consisting of recurrent pediatric acute liver failure (PALF), neurodegenerative diseases, and skeletal abnormalities associated with SCYL1 gene mutation.
Mariam Youssef, Katherine L. Mascia, Brendan McGuire, Chirag R. Patel, Sameer Al Diffalha, Deepti Dhall, Goo Lee   +6 more
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