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  1. This study aims to describe the predictive factors of severe obesity in children followed in French Guiana.

    Authors: Falucar Njuieyon, Emma Cuadro-Alvarez, Elise Martin, Noémie Lachaume, Yajaira Mrsic, Fanny Henaff, Chimène Maniassom, Antoine Defo and Narcisse Elenga
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:188
  2. Although it is well established that family-centered education is critical to managing childhood asthma, the information needs of parents of children with asthma are not being met through current educational a...

    Authors: Mandy M. Archibald, Lisa Hartling, Samina Ali, Vera Caine and Shannon D. Scott
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:186
  3. Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a rare, multi-systemic, genetic disorder. Mutations in the ATM gene cause dysfunction in cell-cycle, apoptosis and V (D) J recombination leading to neurodegeneration, cellular, hu...

    Authors: Alexander Krauthammer, Avishay Lahad, Lior Goldberg, Ifat Sarouk, Batia Weiss, Raz Somech, Michalle Soudack and Itai M. Pessach
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:185
  4. Allgrove syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the triad of achalasia, alacrimia and adrenal insufficiency. It is caused by the mutations of the AAAS gene located on chromosome 12q13. T...

    Authors: H. Berrani, T. Meskini, M. Zerkaoui, H. Merhni, S. Ettair, A. Sefiani and N. Mouane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:184
  5. Efficient trunk control is crucial in infant motor development when infants first learn how to move against gravity. Traditional assessments of trunk control commonly treat the trunk as one unit but the Segmen...

    Authors: Tamis W. Pin, Penelope B. Butler, Hon-Ming Cheung and Sandra Lai-Fong Shum
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:182
  6. Cerebral palsy is the most frequent motor disability in childhood, but little is known about its etiology. It has been suggested that cerebral palsy risk may be increased by prenatal thyroid hormone disturbanc...

    Authors: Tanja Gram Petersen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Peter Uldall, Nigel Paneth, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Mette Christophersen Tollånes and Katrine Strandberg-Larsen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:181
  7. Network meta-analysis (NMA) is a powerful analytic tool that allows simultaneous comparison between several management/treatment alternatives even when direct comparisons of the alternatives (such as the case ...

    Authors: Reem Al Khalifah, Ivan D. Florez, Gordon Guyatt and Lehana Thabane
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:180
  8. It has been described that the incidence of testicular microlithiasis is high in several congenital disorders which may be associated with testicular impairment and infertility. Several reports have shown that...

    Authors: Michiko Nakamura, Kimihiko Moriya, Yoko Nishimura, Mutsumi Nishida, Yusuke Kudo, Yukiko Kanno, Takeya Kitta, Masafumi Kon and Nobuo Shinohara
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:179
  9. The new combination of DTwP-HB-Hib vaccines has been developed in Indonesia following World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation and integrated into national immunization program. The aims of the study wer...

    Authors: Hartono Gunardi, Kusnandi Rusmil, Eddy Fadlyana, Soedjatmiko, Meita Dhamayanti, Rini Sekartini, Rodman Tarigan, Hindra Irawan Satari, Bernie Endyarni Medise, Rini Mulia Sari, Novilia Sjafri Bachtiar, Cissy B. Kartasasmita and Sri Rezeki S. Hadinegoro
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:177
  10. Considering the significant prevalence of Neonatal Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia (NIH) and its irreversible neurological complications, identifying the factors involved in the prevalence of neonatal jaundice is ...

    Authors: Shahrokh Mehrpisheh, Azadeh Memarian, Abolfazl Mahyar and Negin Sadat Valiahdi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:178
  11. ‘About My Child’ 19-item version (AMC-19) is a parent-report measure developed to assess the complexity of a child’s life due to biological, psychological, social and environmental issues, that can be complete...

    Authors: Uzma Williams, Peter Rosenbaum, Jan Willem Gorter, Dayle McCauley and Roman Gulko
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:174
  12. To investigate the trends in the incidence and associated factors of late-onset sepsis (LOS) associated with improved survival in extremely preterm infants.

    Authors: Jin Kyu Kim, Yun Sil Chang, Sein Sung, So Yoon Ahn and Won Soon Park
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:172
  13. Waardenburg syndrome type 1 (WS1) can be distinguished from Waardenburg syndrome type 2 (WS2) by the presence of dystopia canthorum. About 96% of WS1 are due to PAX3 mutations, and SOX10 mutations have been repor...

    Authors: Noriomi Suzuki, Hideki Mutai, Fuyuki Miya, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Hiroshi Terashima, Noriko Morimoto and Tatsuo Matsunaga
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:171
  14. Physicians have a significant impact on new mothers’ breastfeeding practices. However, physicians’ breastfeeding knowledge is suboptimal. This knowledge deficit could be the result of limited breastfeeding edu...

    Authors: Elizabeth Esselmont, Katherine Moreau, Mary Aglipay and Catherine M. Pound
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:170
  15. To measure rates of parental-report of allergic disorders and ED presentations for allergic disorders in children, and to describe factors associated with either.

    Authors: Gerben Keijzers, Amy Sweeny, Julia Crilly, Norm Good, Cate M. Cameron, Gabor Mihala, Rani Scott and Paul A. Scuffham
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:169
  16. In 2008, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in Bonaire was twice as high as the prevalence in northern Europe but comparable to that of other Caribbean islands and the United States. The a...

    Authors: Joana Kist-van Holthe, Tirza Blom, Laura Melchers, Alcira Janga-Jansen, Tahirih van Kanten, Marian Luinstra-Passchier, Teatske Altenburg, Remy HiraSing and Mai Chinapaw
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:168
  17. About three – quarters of all neonatal deaths occur during the first week of life, with over half of these occurring within the first 24 h after birth. The first minutes after birth are critical to reducing ne...

    Authors: Duncan N. Shikuku, Benson Milimo, Elizabeth Ayebare, Peter Gisore and Gorrette Nalwadda
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:167
  18. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas of childhood, is very rare in the neonatal period (0.4–2% of cases). In order to gain a deeper understanding of this disease at such age, pat...

    Authors: Ida Russo, Virginia Di Paolo, Carmelo Gurnari, Angela Mastronuzzi, Francesca Del Bufalo, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Angela Di Giannatale, Renata Boldrini and Giuseppe Maria Milano
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:166
  19. The outcomes of psycho-educational interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) comorbid with severe to moderate intellectual disability (ID) are insufficiently documented. In this prospective study, we ...

    Authors: Elodie Tilmont Pittala, Yann Saint-Georges-Chaumet, Claire Favrot, Antoine Tanet, David Cohen and Catherine Saint-Georges
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:165
  20. Food allergy affects up to 8% of children in the U.S. There is minimal research to date on food allergy policies that are currently in place in schools and the opinions of parents of children with food allergy...

    Authors: S. Shahzad Mustafa, Anne F. Russell, Olga Kagan, Lauren M. Kao, Diane V. Houdek, Bridget M. Smith, Julie Wang and Ruchi S. Gupta
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:164
  21. Physical activity is one of the best documented activities with impacts on health in children and adults. Children born preterm show reduced physical and psychosocial function compared to children born at term...

    Authors: M. Nordvall-Lassen, H. K. Hegaard, C. Obel, M. S. Lindhard, M. Hedegaard and T. B. Henriksen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:163
  22. Meconium peritonitis is an infrequent congenital disease usually caused by perforation of the fetal digestive tract. Meconium peritonitis resulting from intrauterine appendiceal perforation has been rarely rep...

    Authors: Yi Wang, Yeming Wu, Wenbin Guan, Wenbo Yan, Yuhua Li, Jin Fang and Jun Wang
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:162
  23. Excess weight gain in infancy and childhood is associated with increased risk of subsequent obesity. Identifying patterns of infancy and childhood weight gain associated with subsequent obesity or overweight s...

    Authors: Joseph M. Braun, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, George D. Papandonatos, Aimin Chen and Bruce P. Lanphear
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:161
  24. The use of technology to assist in the communication, socialization, language, and motor skills of children with Down’s syndrome (DS) is required. The aim of this study was to analyse research findings regardi...

    Authors: Renata Thaís de Almeida Barbosa, Acary Souza Bulle de Oliveira, Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão, Tânia Brusque Crocetta, Regiani Guarnieri, Thaiany Pedrozo Campos Antunes, Claudia Arab, Thaís Massetti, Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro and Luiz Carlos de Abreu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:160
  25. In biliary atresia, the disease process of obliterative cholangiopathy may begin in the perinatal period; however, no chronological evidence exists on how the cholangiopathy progresses to biliary obliteration.

    Authors: Tsugumichi Koshinaga, Kensuke Ohashi, Kakou Ono, Hide Kaneda and Takeshi Furuya
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:158
  26. Early detection of changes at the muscular level before a contracture develops is important to gain knowledge about the development of deformities in individuals with spasticity. However, little information is...

    Authors: Annika Kruse, Christian Schranz, Markus Tilp and Martin Svehlik
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:156

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:273

  27. Feeding breast milk is associated with reduced morbidity and mortality, as well as improved neurodevelopmental outcome but does not meet the high nutritional requirements of preterm infants. Both plasma and ur...

    Authors: Michaela Mathes, Christoph Maas, Christine Bleeker, Julia Vek, Wolfgang Bernhard, Andreas Peter, Christian F. Poets and Axel R. Franz
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:154
  28. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) offer targeted treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) with minimal systemic effects compared to systemic steroids. However, dosing of ICS in the management of infants at h...

    Authors: Kamini Raghuram, Michael Dunn, Krista Jangaard, Maureen Reilly, Elizabeth Asztalos, Edmond Kelly, Michael Vincer and Vibhuti Shah
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:153
  29. Victims and perpetrators of child abuse do not typically self-report to child protection services, therefore responsibility of detection and reporting falls on the others. Knowledge on child protection is esse...

    Authors: M. G. Sathiadas, Arunath Viswalingam and Karunya Vijayaratnam
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:152
  30. Opioid dependence is a major health concern across the world and does also occur in adolescents. While opioid substitution treatment (OST) has been thoroughly evaluated in adult populations, very few studies h...

    Authors: Bobby P. Smyth, Khalifa Elmusharaf and Walter Cullen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:151
  31. Although antenatal iron supplementation is beneficial to mothers, its impact on the neurodevelopment of offspring is controversial. A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to assess whether routin...

    Authors: C. Jayasinghe, R. Polson, H. C. van Woerden and P. Wilson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:150
  32. The Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist member countries to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The Government of Mongolia has ad...

    Authors: Gereltuya Dorj, Bruce Sunderland, Tsetsegmaa Sanjjav, Gantuya Dorj and Byambatsogt Gendenragchaa
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:149
  33. Targeted interventions during early childhood can assist families in providing strong foundations that promote children’s health and wellbeing across the life course. There is growing recognition that longer f...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. Westrupp, Clair Bennett, Meabh Cullinane, Naomi J. Hackworth, Donna Berthelsen, Sheena Reilly, Fiona K. Mensah, Lisa Gold, Shannon K. Bennetts, Penny Levickis and Jan M. Nicholson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:148
  34. There is increasing evidence that neonatal seizures in term neonates with stroke, asphyxia or brain haemorrhage might be associated with adverse neurodevelopment and development of epilepsy. The extent of this...

    Authors: T. R. De Haan, J. Langeslag, J. H. van der Lee and A. H. van Kaam
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:147
  35. The Republic of Malawi is creating a country-wide system of 28 One-Stop Centres (known as ‘Chikwanekwanes’ - ‘everything under one roof’) to provide medical, legal and psychosocial services for survivors of ch...

    Authors: Yabwile Mulambia, Aaron J. Miller, Geraldine MacDonald and Neil Kennedy
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:145
  36. During the past decades Streptococcus pneumoniae has developed significant resistance to many classes of antimicrobial drugs. Potential risk factors for colonization of the nasopharynx by Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Authors: Maria G. Koliou, Kyriaki Andreou, Demetris Lamnisos, Giagkos Lavranos, Paris Iakovides, Christos Economou and Elpidoforos S. Soteriades
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:144
  37. Asthma is a multifactorial syndrome that threatens the health of children. Body mass index (BMI) might be one of the potential factors but the evidence is controversial. The aim of this study is to perform a c...

    Authors: Yosra Azizpour, Ali Delpisheh, Zahra Montazeri, Kourosh Sayehmiri and Behzad Darabi
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:143
  38. The early stage of embryo development is extremely vulnerable to various teratogenic factors, leading to congenital anomalies. In Ethiopia, a significant number of babies are born with congenital anomalies, bu...

    Authors: Molla Taye, Mekbeb Afework, Wondwossen Fantaye, Ermias Diro and Alemayehu Worku
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:142
  39. As part of the COAD-study two home-based bimanual training programs for young children with unilateral Cerebral Palsy (uCP) have been developed, both consisting of a preparation phase and a home-based training...

    Authors: Laura Beckers, Jan van der Burg, Yvonne Janssen-Potten, Eugène Rameckers, Pauline Aarts and Rob Smeets
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:141
  40. Severe acute malnutrition is defined as a weight for height z-score < − 3 standard deviation. Since 2000, joint efforts of the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund allowed to standardiz...

    Authors: Mupenzi Mumbere, F. Katsuva Mbahweka and B. P. Furaha Nzanzu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:140
  41. Home-based training is considered an important intervention in rehabilitation of children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Despite consensus on the value of home-based upper limb training, no evidence-based bes...

    Authors: Marlous Schnackers, Laura Beckers, Yvonne Janssen-Potten, Pauline Aarts, Eugène Rameckers, Jan van der Burg, Imelda de Groot, Rob Smeets, Sander Geurts and Bert Steenbergen
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:139
  42. After publication of the original article [1] it was brought to our attention that author Bouchra Ouled Amar Bencheikh was incorrectly included as Bouchra Oulad Amar Bencheikh.

    Authors: Jaber Lyahyai, Bouchra Ouled Amar Bencheikh, Siham C. Elalaoui, Maria Mansouri, Lamia Boualla, Alexandre DIonne-Laporte, Dan Spiegelman, Patrick A. Dion, Patrick Cossette, Guy A. Rouleau and Abdelaziz Sefiani
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:138

    The original article was published in BMC Pediatrics 2018 18:90

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