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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Birth Weight and Its Related Factors among Infants Born in the Hospitals of Ahwaz Jondishapour University [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2014
Background: Given the importance of birth weight and the effects of anthropometric indices and socioeconomic status on it, this study was conducted to assess birth weight and its related factors among infants born in the hospitals of Ahwaz Jondishapour ...
Shiva Faghih, ehsan hejazi
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnitude and factors associated with gestational weight gain among pregnant women in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences
Introduction: Gestational weight gain is a key determinant of maternal and neonatal health and is strongly associated with pregnancy outcomes as well as long-term risks, including obesity and metabolic disorders. Despite its clinical importance, evidence
Getachew Tilaye Mihiret, Aster Shiferaw, Melkamu Addis, Tirualem Yassabie Ashenef, Adane Adugna, Habtamu Belew, Mohammed Jemal, Yilkal Dagnaw Melesse, Kumlachew Solomon wondmu, Geremew Bishaw, Habtamu Ayele   +10 more
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The unidentified hormonal defense against weight gain.

PLoS Biology, 2020
Human biology has evolved to keep body fat within a range that supports survival. During the last 25 years, obesity biologists have uncovered key aspects of physiology that prevent fat mass from becoming too low.
Jens Lund, Camilla Lund, Thomas Morville, Christoffer Clemmensen   +3 more
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The impact of setting a pregnancy weight gain goal on total weight gain

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2020
AbstractBackgroundExpert groups recommend that women set a pregnancy weight gain goal with their care provider to optimise weight gain.ObjectiveOur aim was to describe the concordance between first‐trimester personal and provider pregnancy weight gain goals with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations and to determine the association between ...
Lisa M. Bodnar, Barbara Abrams, Hyagriv N. Simhan, Christina M. Scifres, Robert M. Silver, Samuel Parry, Brian A. Crosland, Judith Chung, Katherine P. Himes   +8 more
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships between cord blood leptin and ghrelin levels, milk intake and weight gain in human infants [PDF]

, 2003
Leptin and ghrelin are hormones involved in the regulation of appetite and adiposity. Leptin suppresses appetite and induces weight loss; ghrelin stimulates appetite and promotes weight gain.
James, Rachel J. A., James, Rachel J A
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Pregnancy weight gain and childhood body weight: a within-family comparison.

PLoS Medicine, 2013
BackgroundExcessive pregnancy weight gain is associated with obesity in the offspring, but this relationship may be confounded by genetic and other shared influences. We aimed to examine the association of pregnancy weight gain with body mass index (BMI)
David S Ludwig, Heather L Rouse, Janet Currie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source