Paediatrics
Paediatrics

Reference intervals for thyroid function from the fifth to seventh day of life in twin-pregnancy preterm neonates: an 8-year retrospective study

Hormones (Athens). 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1007/s42000-024-00547-w. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: The immature and developing hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis leads to different levels of thyroid …

Pedigree Analysis of Nonclassical Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease with Dominant Inheritance in a LIPA I378T Heterozygous Carrier

Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1007/s10620-024-08395-9. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cholesterol ester storage disorder (CESD; OMIM: 278,000) was formerly assumed to …

Brain 18 F-FDG PET reveals cortico-subcortical hypermetabolic dysfunction in juvenile neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

EJNMMI Res. 2024 Apr 2;14(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s13550-024-01088-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (j-SLE) with neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms, there is a lack of diagnostic …

Retro-pancreatic pull-through reconstruction of the hypoplastic portal vein using the autologous mesosystemic shunt vessel in adult living donor liver transplantation: a case report

Surg Case Rep. 2024 Apr 2;10(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s40792-024-01863-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In liver transplant patients with hypoplastic portal vein (PV), when the narrowed segment is extended …

Progressive demyelinating polyneuropathy after hematopoietic cell transplantation in metachromatic leukodystrophy: a case series

J Neurol. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1007/s00415-024-12322-3. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a neuro-metabolic disorder due to arylsulfatase A deficiency, causing …