We describe the different treatment options available. About the association peginterferon plus ribavirin, we analyze thirteen non-randomized studies and one trial, found in recent literature. These studies are not directly compared because of differences in age, type of infection (vertical or not),... | PMID: 22013729

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We decided to perform a prospective study of ARF in 180 pediatric patients admitted to our institute between August 2006 and March 2008. Our study included children, neonates 7.8%, <1 year 16.7%, 1-5 years 30.5% and >5 years comprised 52.8%. The male:female ratio was 2.3:1. Acute tubular necrosis re... | PMID: 21912053

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We studied 30 patients with NS in comparison with 30 healthy children serving as controls. The study patients were divided into three equal groups: group 1 included newly diagnosed patients who were studied before and after a short course (one month) of steroid therapy for the first time, group 2 in... | PMID: 21912025

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Thalassemia is a common hereditary hemoglobinopathy disorder that affects many organs in the body. Estimation of kidney function is important, as it is the vital organ that plays the major role in the elimination of accumulated iron as well as the chelating drugs that have to be used... | PMID: 21912026

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To investigate the early clinical detection and new method for the treatment of congenital dislocation of hip in infants. | PMID: 22007588

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To reveal the genetic features and recombination of enterovirus 71 isolates between 2008 and 2010. A total of 5 enterovirus 71 isolates were sequenced completely and phylogenetic analysis and recombination were performed. Phylogenetic analysis based on VP1 regions revealed that the H... | PMID: 21998954

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We have investigated the usefulness of Fourier transform infrared microscopy (FTIR-MSP) for pre-screening and follow-up of leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy.... | PMID: 21722709

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We examine one particularly important source of linguistic information available to children during this acquisition process: everyday conversations with their parents. We take a cross-linguistic approach in analysing the evidence available to English- and Indonesian-speaking children as they acquir... | PMID: 21848736

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The present research employed a longitudinal design to assess the verbal and non-verbal communicative abilities of a sample of 104 children, using two different parent-report instruments: the Questionnaire for Communication and Early Language (QCEL) development at 12, 16, and 20 months, and the Itali... | PMID: 21848747

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This paper investigates the role of cause and effect relations for infants' learning about artifacts. Two experiments tested whether 12-month-olds categorized a given set of unfamiliar artifacts according to overall similarity and/or according to part similarity, depending on what kind of video demon... | PMID: 21848735

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Our aim was to compare this experience with high frequency oscillation ventilation during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic with the same period in 2008 by performing a three-month period prevalence study in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units. The main study end-points were clinical demographics,... | PMID: 21970127

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We designed this study to measure the effect of midazolam or propofol at the end of surgery on emergence agitation during the recovery period. One hundred and one children, aged one to 13 years, undergoing strabismus surgery were enrolled in this randomised double-blind study. Anaesthesia was induce... | PMID: 21970137

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We postulate occurred secondary to laryngospasm.... | PMID: 21970147

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As the reliability of malignant hyperthermia normal in vitro contracture test results has been questioned, this study set out to determine the reliability of malignant hyperthermia normal results in New Zealand. Three hundred and twenty-nine anaesthetics were administered to malignant hyperthermia no... | PMID: 21970134

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These results thus reveal that sex differences in young children's preference for the colour pink involves both an increasing attraction to pink by young girls and a growing avoidance of pink by boys.... | PMID: 21848751

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Survival rates among live births in North American tertiary perinatal centers since 1990 were 28% at 23 weeks, 52% at 24, 70% at 25 and 83% at 26 weeks. However, there is wide variation among centers. Survival rates in 2010 among tertiary centers in the United States participating in... | PMID: 21894349

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We evaluated radiologically the patient's hip pre-operatively using the Tonnis grading system and acetabular index. Group 1 included 13 patients aged younger than 12 months (19 hips) and Group 2 included 11 patients aged 12 months or older (16 hips). Clinical and radiographic evaluations were made a... | PMID: 21894351

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Authors present a case of a 5-month-old infant, in whom following an uneventful perinatal adaptation, symptoms of recurrent respiratory infections, vomiting and growth failure developed. Based on chest X-ray, right-sided diaphragmatic hernia was suspected. However, barium swallow exa... | PMID: 21893481

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Improved clinical symptoms and modified gene expression profile of lymphocytes reveals anti-inflammatory effect upon whole body polarized light irradiation. Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 1492-1499.... | PMID: 21893480

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We measured hippocampal and amygdala volumes as well as stress hormone (glucocorticoid) levels in children exposed (n = 17) or not (n = 21) to maternal depressive symptomatology since birth. Results revealed no group difference in hippocampal volumes, but larger left and right amygdala volumes and i... | PMID: 21844357

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