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paediatrics

Applications and advances in molecular diagnostics: revolutionizing non-tuberculous mycobacteria species and subspecies identification

Front Public Health. 2024 Jun 19;12:1410672. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1410672. eCollection 2024. ABSTRACT Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections pose a significant public health challenge worldwide, affecting individuals across …

Experience with an international study on standard-risk relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (IntReALL SR 2010 study) in Japan

Rinsho Ketsueki. 2024;65(6):590-596. doi: 10.11406/rinketsu.65.590. ABSTRACT Many effective new agents for relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are now becoming available, and international standard chemotherapy …

Awareness of chronic hepatitis B and C in men who have sex with men in Belgium: epidemiological survey and on-site screening

Sex Transm Infect. 2024 Jul 2:sextrans-2023-055912. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-055912. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To eliminate hepatitis B and C virus (HBV/HCV) as a public …

Long-read sequencing identifies an SVA_D retrotransposon insertion deep within the intron of ATP7A as a novel cause of occipital horn syndrome

J Med Genet. 2024 Jul 2:jmg-2024-110056. doi: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110056. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) retrotransposons move from one genomic location to another in …