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Prevalence and factors associated with opioid use disorder among adolescents with sickle cell disease in Mulago hospital, Uganda

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2024 Aug 1;18(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s13034-024-00790-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Opioid use disorder (OUD) among adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) patients increases …

Peripheral blood regulatory T cells and disease activity, quality of life, and outcomes in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2024 Aug 1;22(1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12969-024-01006-x. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To measure regulatory T cell (Treg) levels in the peripheral blood of children with …

A usability study on the inGAIT-VSO: effects of a variable-stiffness ankle-foot orthosis on the walking performance of children with cerebral palsy

J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2024 Aug 1;21(1):132. doi: 10.1186/s12984-024-01433-7. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are commonly used by children with cerebral palsy (CP), but traditional solutions …

Successful living-donor liver transplantation for neonatal hemochromatosis due to transient abnormal myelopoiesis with Down syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Aug 1:e31228. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31228. Online ahead of print. NO ABSTRACT PMID:39090683 | DOI:10.1002/pbc.31228

Intermittent mechanical loading on mouse tibia accelerates longitudinal bone growth by inducing PTHrP expression in the female tibial growth plate

Physiol Rep. 2024 Aug;12(15):e16168. doi: 10.14814/phy2.16168. ABSTRACT It is not clear as to whether weight bearing and ambulation may affect bone growth. Our goal was …

Assay for interferon gamma release as a novel marker in pediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2024 Aug 1;22(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s12969-024-01008-9. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) release assay (IGRA) is an important laboratory diagnosis for latent Mycobacterium …

The role of a dedicated transition process from pediatric to adult interdisciplinary care for persons with spina bifida

Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Aug 1;57(2):E8. doi: 10.3171/2024.5.FOCUS24260. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Interdisciplinary care and pediatric to adult transitional programs have consistently shown medical and social value for …