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The challenge of periodic fevers in children [PDF]
Paediatrics & Child Health, 2012 A five-year-old boy is seen in your office having experienced four days of high fever. What makes him different from the other children with fevers in your waiting room is that this is his sixth such episode in as many months, each occurring with a similar predictable pattern. His parents can recognize when his fever is about to start because he begins
Paul, Dancey +6 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara +7 more
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An Up-to-date Approach to a Patient with a Suspected Autoinflammatory Disease
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2017 Autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are characterized by seemingly unprovoked self-limited attacks of fever and systemic inflammation potentially leading to amyloidosis. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common AID and therefore the most studied.
Merav Lidar, Eitan Giat
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Immunoglobulin Depletion and Recovery Following Blinatumomab in Infants With KMT2A‐Rearranged ALL
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adding blinatumomab to standard chemotherapy for infants with KMT2A‐rearranged acute B‐cell lymphoblastic leukemia (KMT2A‐r B‐ALL) improves outcomes. Although blinatumomab impairs immunoglobulin G (lgG) production, increasing infection susceptibility, IgG recovery remains poorly understood.
Miguel Vieira Martins +14 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric supportive care clinical trials often involve multiple clinically important outcomes, complicating trial interpretation. Hierarchical composite endpoints (HCEs) provide a framework to integrate key outcomes according to clinical importance.
Willem H. Collier +11 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) has undergone major changes in the last decades. Its prevalence has been steadily increasing and numerous advances have been made in the management of the disease. However, the effect in real‐life setting of these major changes is unknown, particularly in a Canadian environment. Procedure We aimed to assess
Maude Cigna +16 more
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What Is PFAPA and Why Does it Matter?
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2014 PFAPA, the syndrome of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical lymphadentitis, is an uncommon disease of episodic immune dysregulation that usually begins in early childhood.
Dennis J. Baumgardner
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye +33 more
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Journal of Transition Medicine, 2022 Auto-inflammatory Diseases (AIDs) are a group of diseases with a strong genetic component, inducing an inappropriate activation of innate immunity. The patients with pediatric onset will face the transitional care (TC) from a pediatrician to an adult ...
Soscia Francesca +9 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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