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The Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Rural Primary Care: The Portability of the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines to the “Real World”

Jodi Polaha, PhD; Stephanie L. Cooper, PhD; Tawnya Meadows, PhD; Christopher J. Kratochvil, MD

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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , weight measurement scales

Relationship of Lead, Mercury, Mirex, Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, Hexachlorobenzene, and Polychlorinated Biphenyls to Timing of Menarche Among Akwesasne Mohawk Girls

Melinda Denham, MA; Lawrence M. Schell, PhD; Glenn Deane, PhD; Mia V. Gallo, MS; Julia Ravenscroft, MA ...

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Topics: dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene , hexachlorobenzene , menarche , mercury , mirex

Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Lisa A. Croen, PhD; Cathleen K. Yoshida, MS; Roxana Odouli, MSPH; Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH

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Topics: autism spectrum disorder , autistic disorder , bilirubin , neonatal jaundice , newborn

Efficacy of Breastfeeding Support Provided by Trained Clinicians During an Early, Routine, Preventive Visit: A Prospective, Randomized, Open Trial of 226 Mother-Infant Pairs

Jose Labarere, MD; Nathalie Gelbert-Baudino, MD; Anne-Sophie Ayral, MD; Cathy Duc, MD; Martine Berchotteau, MD ...

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Topics: breast feeding , breastfeeding support , outpatients , primary care physicians , postpartum period

Association Between Parental and Childhood Emergency Department Utilization

Rakesh D. Mistry, MD; Raymond G. Hoffmann, PhD; Jennifer S. Yauck, MS; David C. Brousseau, MD, MS

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Topics: emergency service, hospital , father , motor evoked potentials , population characteristics , health expenditures

Pain Among Children and Adolescents: Restrictions in Daily Living and Triggering Factors

Angela Roth-Isigkeit, MD; Ute Thyen, MD; Hartmut Stöven, MD; Johanna Schwarzenberger, MD; Peter Schmucker, PhD

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Topics: pain

Changes in Reporting of Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Age Over 10 Years

Denise Brahan, MD, MPH; Howard Bauchner, MD

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Topics: asthma , ethnic group , gender , health disparity , socioeconomic factors

Gender Differences in Perinatal HIV Acquisition Among African Infants

Taha E. Taha, MBBS, PhD; Samah Nour, MBChB; Newton I. Kumwenda, PhD; Robin L. Broadhead, MBBS, FRCP; Susan A. Fiscus, PhD ...

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Topics: gender , gender differences , hiv , hiv infections , malawi

Protease Inhibitor Combination Therapy, Severity of Illness, and Quality of Life Among Children With Perinatally Acquired HIV-1 Infection

Deborah S. Storm, PhD, RN; Mary G. Boland, DrPH, RN; Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD; Yan He, MS; Joan Skurnick, PhD ...

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Topics: anti-retroviral agents , protease inhibitor , quality of life , severity of illness , acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Health and Health Care

Glenn Flores, MD; Lynn Olson, PhD; Sandra C. Tomany-Korman, MS

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Topics: health disparity , hispanics or latinos , insurance coverage , racial disparities , well child visit

Effects of Alcohol Intake During Pregnancy on Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic Acid in Umbilical Cord Vessels of Black Women

Skadi Beblo, MD; Ken D. Stark, PhD; Mahadev Murthy, PhD; James Janisse, PhD; Helaine Rockett, MS, RD ...

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Topics: alcohol drinking , arachidonic acid , ethanol , fatty acids , umbilical cord

Nocturnal Arterial Oxygen Saturation and Academic Performance in a Community Sample of Children

Michael S. Urschitz, MD; Judith Wolff; Christiane Sokollik, MD; Esther Eggebrecht; Pilar M. Urschitz-Duprat, RN ...

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Topics: academic performance , hypoxemia , night time , oximetry, pulse , oxygen saturation measurement

Development of a Multidimensional Measure for Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children: Population-Based Studies in Three Settings

Hoda M. Malaty, MD, PhD; Suhaib Abudayyeh, MD; Kimberly J. O'Malley, PhD; Michael J. Wilsey, MD; Ken Fraley, MS ...

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Topics: abdominal pain , disability , pain , weight measurement scales

Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Bitter Perception and Sweet Preferences

Julie A. Mennella, PhD; M. Yanina Pepino, PhD; Danielle R. Reed, PhD

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Topics: food , genetics , genotype , perception , sucrose

Overweight Among Low-Income Preschool Children Associated With the Consumption of Sweet Drinks: Missouri, 1999–2002

Jean A. Welsh, MPH, BA, RN; Mary E. Cogswell, DrPH, RN; Sharmini Rogers, MBBS, MPH; Helaine Rockett, MS, RD; Zuguo Mei, MD, MPH ...

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Topics: alcoholic beverages , overweight , diet , food , underweight

Constipation as a Feature of Anogenital Lichen Sclerosus in Children

Mandi L. Maronn, MD; Nancy B. Esterly, MD

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Topics: constipation , lichen sclerosus atrophicus , pruritus

Outbreak of Life-Threatening Thiamine Deficiency in Infants in Israel Caused by a Defective Soy-Based Formula

Aviva Fattal-Valevski, MD; Anat Kesler, MD; Ben-Ami Sela, PhD; Dorit Nitzan-Kaluski, MD, MPH, RD; Michael Rotstein, MD ...

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Topics: israel , ophthalmoplegia , thiamine , thiamine deficiency , vomiting

Isolated Areolar Apocrine Chromhidrosis

Joan R. Griffith, MD, MHA

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Topics: apocrine chromhidrosis , capsaicin , chromhidrosis

Molecular Diagnosis of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type Ib in a Family With Presumed Paroxysmal Dyskinesia

Farid H. Mahmud, MD; Agnès Linglart, MD; Murat Bastepe, MD, PhD; Harald Jüppner, MD; Aida N. Lteif, MD

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Topics: hypocalcemia , molecular diagnostic techniques , paroxysmal dyskinesias , pseudohypoparathyroidism , choreoathetosis, paroxysmal

Letrozole Significantly Improves Growth Potential in a Pubertal Boy With Growth Hormone Deficiency

Ping Zhou, MD; Bina Shah, MD; Kris Prasad, PhD; Raphael David, MD

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Topics: aromatase inhibitors , letrozole , puberty , somatotropin , somatotropin deficiency

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Effect of Pneumococcal Vaccination on Quality of Life in Children With Recurrent Acute Otitis Media: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Carole N. M. Brouwer, MD, PhD; A. Rianne Maillé, PhD; Maroeska M. Rovers, PhD; Reinier H. Veenhoven, MD; Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, PhD ...

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Topics: health-related quality of life , pneumococcal vaccine , otitis media, acute , vaccines

Relationship Between the Clinical Likelihood of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis and the Sensitivity of a Rapid Antigen-Detection Test in a Pediatric Practice

M. Bruce Edmonson, MD, MPH; Kathryn R. Farwell, BS

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Topics: antigen assay , cough , diagnostic sensitivity , false-negative results , pharyngitis

Abnormal Cerebral Structure Is Present at Term in Premature Infants

Terrie E. Inder, MD; Simon K. Warfield, PhD; Hong Wang; Petra S. Hüppi, MD; Joseph J. Volpe, MD

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Topics: brain , infant, premature , magnetic resonance imaging , cerebrospinal fluid

Oral Versus Intravenous Rehydration of Moderately Dehydrated Children: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Philip R. Spandorfer, MD, MSCE; Evaline A. Alessandrini, MD, MSCE; Mark D. Joffe, MD; Russell Localio, MS; Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCE

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Topics: dehydration , fertilization in vitro , intravenous fluid , rehydration therapy

The Internet and Psychoactive Substance Use Among Innovative Drug Users

Edward W. Boyer, MD, PhD; Michael Shannon, MD, MPH; Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD

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Topics: internet , substance use disorders , substance abuse

Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children's Receipt of Health Care in the First 3 Years of Life

Cynthia S. Minkovitz, MD, MPP; Donna Strobino, PhD; Dan Scharfstein, ScD; William Hou, MS; Tess Miller, DrPH ...

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Topics: depressive disorders , acute care , well child visit , preventive health services

Anemia Is a Poor Predictor of Iron Deficiency Among Toddlers in the United States: For Heme the Bell Tolls

Keith C. White, MD

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Topics: anemia , iron , iron deficiency , national health and nutrition examination survey , toddler

Magnetic Resonance Image Correlates of Hemiparesis After Neonatal and Childhood Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke

James P. Boardman, MSc, MRCPCH; Vijeya Ganesan, MD, MRCP; Mary A. Rutherford, FRCPCH, FRCR; Dawn E. Saunders, MD, FRCR; Eugenio Mercuri, MD ...

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Topics: chief complaint , hemiparesis , infarction , magnetic resonance imaging , newborn

Sleep-Wake Cycling on Amplitude-Integrated Electroencephalography in Term Newborns With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Damjan Osredkar, MD; Mona C. Toet, MD; Linda G. M. van Rooij, MD; Alexander C. van Huffelen, MD, PhD; Floris Groenendaal, MD, PhD ...

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Topics: electroencephalography , encephalopathy, ischemic-hypoxic , healthcare information exchange , seizures , sleep

Impact of a Diabetes Prevention Program on Body Size, Physical Activity, and Diet Among Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) Children 6 to 11 Years Old: 8-Year Results From the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project

Gilles Paradis, MD; Lucie Lévesque, PhD; Ann C. Macaulay, MD; Margaret Cargo, PhD; Alex McComber, MEd ...

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Topics: community , diabetes prevention , diet , physical activity , sugars

Overweight, Obesity, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adolescents: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Karen C. Swallen, PhD, MPH; Eric N. Reither, MA, MS; Steven A. Haas, PhD; Ann M. Meier, PhD

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Topics: add health study , body mass index procedure , health-related quality of life , obesity , overweight

Obese Children Who Are Referred to the Pediatric Endocrinologist: Characteristics and Outcome

Teresa Quattrin, MD; Emily Liu, MD; Natalie Shaw, MD; Barbara Shine, BA, RN; Elaine Chiang

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Topics: childhood obesity , endocrinologists , obesity , overweight , diabetes mellitus, type 2

Obesity and Renal Transplant Outcome: A Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study

Coral D. Hanevold, MD; Ping-Leung Ho, MS; Lynya Talley, PhD; Mark M. Mitsnefes, MD

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Topics: obesity , renal transplantation , transplantation , hemodialysis

School Bullying and Suicidal Risk in Korean Middle School Students

Young Shin Kim, MD, MPH; Yun-Joo Koh, PhD; Bennett Leventhal, MD

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Topics: bullying , feeling suicidal , perpetrator of child and adult abuse , suicidal behavior

Changes in Access, Utilization, and Quality of Care After Enrollment Into a State Child Health Insurance Plan

Allison Kempe, MD, MPH; Brenda L. Beaty, MSPH; Lori A. Crane, PhD, MPH; Johan Stokstad, MHS; Jennifer Barrow, MSPH ...

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Topics: child health , children's health insurance program (chip) , health services accessibility , insurance , quality of care

Critical Gaps in Child Passenger Safety Practices, Surveillance, and Legislation: Georgia, 2001

Catherine Staunton, MD; Steve Davidson, MEd; Scott Kegler, PhD; Lisa Dawson, BA; Kenneth Powell, MD, MPH ...

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Topics: car seats , georgia (state) , seating , statutes and laws , surveillance, medical

Neuropsychological Functioning and Viral Load in Stable Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced HIV-Infected Children

Rita J. Jeremy, PhD; Soyeon Kim, ScD; Molly Nozyce, PhD; Sharon Nachman, MD; Kenneth McIntosh, MD ...

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Topics: anti-retroviral agents , hiv infections , pediatric aids clinical trials group , viral load result , rna

The Pediatric Risk of Hospital Admission Score: A Second-Generation Severity-of-Illness Score for Pediatric Emergency Patients

James M. Chamberlain, MD; Kantilal M. Patel, PhD; Murray M. Pollack, MD, MBA

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Topics: hospital admission , severity of illness , oxygen

Changes in Neonatology: Comparison of Two Cohorts of Very Preterm Infants (Gestational Age <32 Weeks): The Project on Preterm and Small for Gestational Age Infants 1983 and The Leiden Follow-Up Project on Prematurity 1996-1997

Gerlinde M. S. J. Stoelhorst, MD, PhD; Monique Rijken, MD; Shirley E. Martens, MD; Ronald Brand, PhD; A. Lya den Ouden, MD, PhD ...

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Topics: factor v leiden , gestational age , glucocorticoids , infant, premature , infant, small for gestational age

Hypothyroxinemia in Mechanically Ventilated Term Infants Is Associated With Increased Use of Rescue Therapies

Doyle J. Lim, MD; Michelle Kantor Herring, DO; Kathleen H. Leef, RN; Jane Getchell, DPh; Louis E. Bartoshesky, MD, MPH ...

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Topics: mechanical ventilation , severity of illness , thyrotropin , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , nitric oxide

Pain Reactivity in 2-Month-Old Infants After Prenatal and Postnatal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Medication Exposure

Tim F. Oberlander, MD; Ruth Eckstein Grunau, PhD; Colleen Fitzgerald, RN; Michael Papsdorf, PhD; Dan Rurak, PhD ...

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Topics: pain , prenatal care , selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors , transfer technique , face

Timing of Follow-up Voiding Cystourethrogram in Children With Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux: Development and Application of a Clinical Algorithm

Matthew Thompson, MD; Stephen D. Simon, PhD; Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH; Uri S. Alon, MD

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Topics: cystourethrography, voiding , decision trees , vesicoureteric reflux, primary , urinary tract infections

Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Survivors of Childhood Cancer Using the Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life-Youth Form

Sadhna Shankar, MD; Leslie Robison, PhD; Meriel E.M. Jenney, MD; Todd H. Rockwood, PhD; Eric Wu, BA ...

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Topics: cancer , cancer survivors , childhood cancer , health-related quality of life , physical function

Does a Triplet Birth Pose a Special Risk for Infant Development? Assessing Cognitive Development in Relation to Intrauterine Growth and Mother-Infant Interaction Across the First 2 Years

Ruth Feldman, PhD; Arthur I. Eidelman, MD

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Topics: cognitive development , triplets , twins , multiple birth offspring , intrauterine route of drug administration

Adverse Events After Inactivated Influenza Vaccination Among Children Less Than 2 Years of Age: Analysis of Reports From the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990–2003

Ann W. McMahon, MD; John Iskander, MD; Penina Haber, MPH; Soju Chang, MD; E. Jane Woo, MD ...

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Topics: adverse event , advisory committee on immunization practices , fever , influenza , influenza vaccines

Compliance With National Immunization Guidelines for Children Younger Than 2 Years, 1996-1999

Loren K. Mell, MD; David S. Ogren, MD; Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH; John P. Mullooly, PhD; Steven B. Black, MD ...

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Topics: immunization , vaccines , diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines

Special Articles

Research in Neonatology for the 21st Century: Executive Summary of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development–American Academy of Pediatrics Workshop. Part I: Academic Issues

Tonse N.K. Raju, MD; Ronald L. Ariagno, MD; Rosemary Higgins, MD; Linda J. Van Marter, MD, MPH

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Topics: child health , extremely low birth weight infant , fetus , human development , infant, very low birth weight

Neonatology Research for the 21st Century: Executive Summary of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development–American Academy of Pediatrics Workshop. Part II: Training Issues

Ronald L. Ariagno, MD; Linda J. Van Marter, MD, MPH; Rosemary Higgins, MD; Tonse N.K. Raju, MD

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Topics: child health , human development , neonatology , perinatal period , clinical research

Commentaries

Planning the Next Wave of SCHIP Research

Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP

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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip)

Confronting the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity

Sonia Caprio, MD; Myron Genel, MD

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Topics: childhood obesity , epidemics

American Academy of Pediatrics

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

Section on Breastfeeding

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Topics: breast feeding , milk, human

Helping Families Raise Children With Special Health Care Needs at Home

Chris Plauché Johnson, MD, MEd; Theodore A. Kastner, MD, MS; and the Committee/Section on Children With Disabilities

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Topics: family support , philosophy , healthy people 2010 , foster care , adoption

Letters to the Editor

Stephanie's Story: Caring for a Child With Terminal 22q Deletion Syndrome

Sarah M. Axel, MD; Kathleen Gorman Wermuth

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Topics: chromosome 22q deletion

Effect of Dextromethorphan, Diphenhydramine, and Placebo on Nocturnal Cough and Sleep Quality for Coughing Children and Their Parents

David P. Skoner, MD

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Topics: cough , dextromethorphan , diphenhydramine , night time , sleep quality

Effect of Dextromethorphan, Diphenhydramine, and Placebo on Nocturnal Cough and Sleep Quality for Coughing Children and Their Parents: In Reply

Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc

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Topics: cough , dextromethorphan , diphenhydramine , night time , sleep quality

The Overlooked Importance of Tympanic Membrane Bulging

Hunter Hoover, MD; O. F. Roddey, MD

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Topics: tympanic membrane , erythema , otitis media

The Overlooked Importance of Tympanic Membrane Bulging: In Reply

Allan S. Lieberthal, MD, FAAP; Theodore G. Ganiats, MD

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Topics: tympanic membrane

There Might Be Gold at the End of the Rainbow

Lance Chilton, MD

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Topics: gold

There Might Be Gold at the End of the Rainbow: In Reply

Christopher Cunniff, MD

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Topics: gold , prenatal care

Height and Social Adjustment

Stephen F. Kemp, MD, PhD

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Topics: short stature , social adjustment , behavioral problems , mental disorders

Height and Social Adjustment: In Reply

William M. Bukowski, PhD; Robert B. Noll, PhD; Caroline Fung, PA-C; David E. Sandberg, PhD

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Topics: social adjustment , short stature , adolescent

Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children

Tsutomu Yamazaki, MD, PhD; Kei Murayama, MD; Atsuko Ito, MD; Suzuko Uehara, MD, PhD; Nozomu Sasaki, MD, PhD

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Topics: community acquired pneumonia

Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: In Reply

Ian C. Michelow, MBBCh, DTM&H; George H. McCracken, Jr, MD

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Topics: community acquired pneumonia

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Topics: diabetes mellitus, type 1 , subcutaneous insulin delivery

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