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  1. The ACE gene contains a polymorphism consisting of either the presence (insertion, I) or absence (deletion, D) of a 287 bp alu repeat in intron 16. The D allele is associated with increased ACE activity in bot...

    Authors: Krishna Yanamandra, John Loggins and R John Baier
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:26
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. RSV is recognized as the most important cause of serious lower respiratory tract illness in infants and young children worldwide leading to hospitalisation in a great number of cases, especially in certain hig...

    Authors: Hans-Olav Fjaerli, Teresa Farstad and Dag Bratlid
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:25
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. There is little information in the research literature on how parents of children who spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) adapt psychologically to the demands of caregiving beyond the initial h...

    Authors: Anne F Klassen, Shoo K Lee, Parminder Raina and Sarka Lisonkova
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:24
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. To determine whether healthcare professionals perceive the pain of infants differently due to their understanding of that infant's level of risk for neurological impairment.

    Authors: Lynn M Breau, Patrick J McGrath, Bonnie Stevens, Joseph Beyene, Carol S Camfield, G Allen Finley, Linda Franck, Alexandra Howlett, Karel O'Brien and Arne Ohlsson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:23
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Several studies have linked low birth weight to adverse levels of cardiovascular risk factors and related diseases. However, information is sparse at a community level in the U.S. general population regarding ...

    Authors: Maria G Frontini, Sathanur R Srinivasan, Jihua Xu and Gerald S Berenson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:22
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. We sought to elicit preference weights from parents for health states corresponding to children with various levels of severity of atopic dermatitis. We also evaluated the hypothesis that parents with children...

    Authors: Joëlle Y Friedman, Shelby D Reed, Kevin P Weinfurt, Kristijan H Kahler, Emmanuel B Walter and Kevin A Schulman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Elective endotracheal intubations are still commonly performed without premedication in many institutions. The hypothesis tested in this study was that morphine given prior to elective intubations in neonates ...

    Authors: Brigitte Lemyre, Joanne Doucette, Angela Kalyn, Shari Gray and Michael L Marrin
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:20
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Lung disease in patients with cystic fibrosis is thought to develop as a result of airway inflammation, infection, and obstruction. Pulmonary therapies for cystic fibrosis that reduce airway inflammation inclu...

    Authors: Jennifer E Mackey and Ran D Anbar
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. Adjuvant therapy to ORT with probiotic bacteria for infants with acute watery diarrhea has been under active investigation. Most studies have been done in the developed world showing benefit only for viral mil...

    Authors: Eduardo Salazar-Lindo, Percy Miranda-Langschwager, Miguel Campos-Sanchez, Elsa Chea-Woo and R Bradley Sack
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:18
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Enteral feeding of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is a challenge, since metabolic demands are high and administration of enteral nutrition is limited by immaturity of the gastrointestinal tract. The amin...

    Authors: Anemone van den Berg, Ruurd M van Elburg, Jos WR Twisk and Willem PF Fetter
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:17
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. There is no clear definition of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The most widely used classification of OI divides the disease in four types, although it has been suggested that there may be at least 12 forms of ...

    Authors: Horacio Plotkin
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:16
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  12. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a common retinal neovascular disorder of premature infants. It is of variable severity, usually heals with mild or no sequelae, but may progress to blindness from retinal de...

    Authors: Medardo Avila-Vazquez, Roque Maffrand, Mirta Sosa, Maria Franco, Beatriz Vaca de Alvarez, Maria Luisa Cafferata and Eduardo Bergel
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. The objective of this study was to assess the status of oxidative stress in term small for gestational age (SGA) newborn infants born to undernourished mothers by estimating levels of erythrocyte superoxide di...

    Authors: Piyush Gupta, Manish Narang, BD Banerjee and Srikanta Basu
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Antinuclear antibody (ANA) tests are frequently used to screen children for chronic inflammatory diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, the diagnostic utility of this test is limited bec...

    Authors: Julie L McGhee, Lauren M Kickingbird and James N Jarvis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:13
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. After the publication of this work [1], we noted that we inadvertently failed to acknowledge funding support for this project.

    Authors: Lauren J Zichittella, Martin C Mahoney, Silvana Lawvere, Arthur M Michalek, Sergey P Chunikhovskiy and Natan Khotianov
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:12
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:3

  16. Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most commonly found agents of congenital infections. Primary maternal infection is associated with risk of symptomatic congenital diseases, and high morbidity is frequ...

    Authors: Angélica Lidia Distéfano, Alicia Alonso, Fabián Martin and Fabián Pardon
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Chronic lung disease (CLD) in the preterm newborn is associated with inflammation and fibrosis. Platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), a potent chemotactic growth factor, may mediate the fibrotic compone...

    Authors: Kim G Adcock, Jeremy Martin, John Loggins, Thomas E Kruger and R John Baier
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. There are differences in the literature regarding outcomes of premature small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and appropriate-for gestational-age (AGA) infants, possibly due to failure to take into account gestation...

    Authors: Puneet Sharma, Kathleen McKay, Ted S Rosenkrantz and Naveed Hussain
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Zellweger syndrome (ZS) is a fatal inherited disease caused by peroxisome biogenesis deficiency. Patients are characterized by multiple disturbances of lipid metabolism, profound hypotonia and neonatal seizure...

    Authors: Rainer Breitling
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:5
    Content type: Hypothesis Published on:

  23. Recently changed guidelines for child health surveillance in the United Kingdom (U.K.) suggest targeted checks only, instead of the previously conducted routine or universal screening at 2 years and 3.5 years....

    Authors: Marc Tebruegge, Vridhagiri Nandini and Jane Ritchie
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the breakup of the former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1991 challenged the public health infrastructure in the former Soviet republic of Belarus. Because infant mortality is regarde...

    Authors: Lauren J Zichittella, Martin C Mahoney, Silvana Lawvere, Arthur M Michalek, Sergey P Chunikhovskiy and Natan Khotianov
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:12

  26. Parental care for a child with a developmental disability is an enormous responsibility, one that can far exceed that of typical parental care. While most parents adapt well to the situation of caring for a ch...

    Authors: Parminder Raina, Maureen O'Donnell, Heidi Schwellnus, Peter Rosenbaum, Gillian King, Jamie Brehaut, Dianne Russell, Marilyn Swinton, Susanne King, Micheline Wong, Stephen D Walter and Ellen Wood
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:1
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  29. Sera from children with post-varicella infections have autoantibodies that react with centrosomes in brain and tissue culture cells. We investigated the sera of children with infections and post-varicella atax...

    Authors: Marvin J Fritzler, Meifeng Zhang, Laura M Stinton and Jerome B Rattner
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2003 3:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Airway colonization of mechanically ventilated very low birth weight infants (birth weight < 1500 grams) by Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uu) is associated with an increased risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Wh...

    Authors: R John Baier, John Loggins and Thomas E Kruger
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2003 3:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Fully understanding the determinants and sequelae of fetal growth requires a continuous measure of birth weight adjusted for gestational age. Published United States reference data, however, provide estimates ...

    Authors: Emily Oken, Ken P Kleinman, Janet Rich-Edwards and Matthew W Gillman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2003 3:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Several studies have shown that girls who undergo menarche at a relatively young age tend to be more obese as adults. However, because childhood (pre-menarcheal) levels of weight and height are associated with...

    Authors: David S Freedman, Laura Kettel Khan, Mary K Serdula, William H Dietz, Sathanur R Srinivasan and Gerald S Berenson
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2003 3:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Hemangiomas are the most common type of congenital anomaly in childhood. Although many resolve spontaneously, intervention is required when their growth could damage vital adjacent structures. Various therapeu...

    Authors: Ioannis Vlachakis, Stefanos Gardikis, Eleni Michailoudi and Georgios Charissis
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2003 3:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. The safety and effectiveness of CAM interventions are of great relevance to pediatric health care providers. The objective of this study is to identify sources of reported randomized controlled trials (RCTs) i...

    Authors: Margaret Sampson, Kaitryn Campbell, Isola Ajiferuke and David Moher
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2003 3:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Hyperammonemia, hypoglycemia, hepatopathy, and ventricular tachycardia are common presenting features of carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (Mendelian Inheritance in Man database: *212138), a mitoc...

    Authors: Fernando Scaglia, Angela E Scheuerle, Jeffrey A Towbin, Dawna L Armstrong, Lawrence Sweetman and Lee-Jun C Wong
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:12
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. Formulae for infants with cow's milk protein allergy (CMA) should be based on extensively hydrolysed protein. 'Extensively' however is not strictly defined. Differences in molecular weight and peptide chain le...

    Authors: Suzanne WJ Terheggen-Lagro, Ilse MSL Khouw, Anne Schaafsma and Erik AK Wauters
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Acyclovir has the potential to shorten the course of chickenpox which may result in reduced costs and morbidity. We conducted a systematic review of randomised controlled trials that evaluated acyclovir for th...

    Authors: Terry P Klassen, Elaine M Belseck, Natasha Wiebe and Lisa Hartling
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Adenoviruses are the second most prevalent cause of acute lower respiratory infection of viral origin in children under four years of age in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The purpose of this study was to analyze th...

    Authors: Guadalupe Carballal, Cristina Videla, Alicia Misirlian, Paula V Requeijo and María del Carmen Aguilar
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Saliva reflects the plasma free fraction of testosterone which is biologically active, and available for uptake by tissues. Testosterone concentration in saliva, though differing slightly from the concentratio...

    Authors: Daniela Ostatníková, Karol Pastor, Zdenek Putz, Monika Dohnányiová, Anna Mat'ašeje and Richard Hampl
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Disaccharide Intolerance Type I (Mendelian Interance in Man database: *222900) is a rare inborn error of metabolism resulting from mutation in sucrase-isomaltase (Enzyme Catalyzed 3.2.1.48). Usually, infants w...

    Authors: John W Belmont, Barbara Reid, William Taylor, Susan S Baker, Warren H Moore, Michael C Morriss, Susan M Podrebarac, Nancy Glass and I David Schwartz
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:4
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. To examine the quality of reports of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) systematic reviews in the pediatric population. We also examined whether there were differences in the quality of reports of a ...

    Authors: David Moher, Karen Soeken, Margaret Sampson, Leah Ben-Porat and Brian Berman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. To evaluate the quality of reports of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the pediatric population. We also examined whether there was a change in the quality of...

    Authors: David Moher, Margaret Sampson, Kaitryn Campbell, William Beckner, Leah Lepage, Isabelle Gaboury and Brian Berman
    Citation: BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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