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From the Emergency Department Onward: A Practical Overview of Pediatric Constipation Management
Hajar Al Hoqani.
Department of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine, Sultan Qaboos university hospital – university medical city, Muscat, Oman.
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Balancing Parental Conscientious Objection and the Best Interests of the Child in Neonatal Screening in Spain
Manuel Antonio Rodríguez Lanza^1,2, José Luis Aparicio Sánchez^1,2.
¹Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Molina Orosa, Arrecife, Lanzarote, España, Spain, ²Comité de Ética Asistencial del área de salud de Lanzarote, Arrecife, España, Spain.
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A survey on newborn length measurement practice at an Australian metropolitan hospital
Vishwajeet Modi¹, MCG Karunanayake².
¹Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia, ²Armadale Health Service, Perth, Australia.
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Kidney Outcomes in Children with Posterior Urethral Valves
Leonor Cardoso¹, Patrícia Dias Santos², Rosário Stilwell², Claúdia Rodrigues³, Ema Santos⁴, Joana Patena Forte⁴, Pedro Morais⁴, Maria Costa⁵, Madalena Borges⁵, Rute Baeta Baptista^5,6, Telma Francisco^5,6, Gisela Neto⁵, Sofia Lima⁴, Aline Vaz Silva⁴, Vanda Pratas Vital⁴, Dinorah Cardoso⁴, Fátima Alves⁴, Margarida Abranches⁵.
¹Department of Paediatrics, Unidade Local de Saúde da Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal, ²Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Centro Clínico Académico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ³Department of Paediatrics, Unidade Local de Saúde Médio Tejo, Torres Novas, Portugal, ⁴Paediatric Urology Unit, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Centro Clínico Académico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁵Paediatric Nephrology Unit, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Centro Clínico Académico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁶NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Centro Clínico Académico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Extubation Failure in Children: An insight into incidence, etiological factors and outcomes
Dinesh Sukhdev Ambhore, Nusrat Rahim Inamdar, Anupama Mauskar.
Pediatric Department, HBTMC & Dr R N Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, India.
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The Growth of Children with Congenital Hypothyroidism: The Importance of Congenital Hypothyroidism Screening
Novina Novina¹, Yunita Puji Astuti¹, Erni Nuraeni¹, Erwin Affandi Soeriadi², Faisal Faisal¹.
¹Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia, ²Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
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Comparison of Efficacy of Intravenous vs. Intranasal Midazolam for Procedural Sedation of Children Age 6 Months to 10 Years - A Single Blinded Randomized Controlled Study
Ali Kumble, Abhishek K Phadke, Arun Varghese, Poonam Raikar, Kaushal Patel, Shuhada Arif Khan.
Indiana Hospital and Heart Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
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Pathway Evaluation of Symptoms Until Diagnosis in a Cohort of Pediatric Oncology Patients
Catarina Faria Tavares¹, Inês Silva Costa¹, Sara Almeida², Mónica Jerónimo², Manuel João Brito².
¹Pediatrics Department, ULS Viseu Dão-Lafões, Portugal, ²Oncology Department, Hospital Pediátrico, ULS Coimbra, Portugal.
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A Prospective Observational Study to Determine The Role of the immature platelet fraction in predicting severity of thrombocytopenia and occurrence of bleeding manifestation in patients of dengue infection
Sumeet Pitkar¹, Keyur Mahajan², Shailesh Kanvinde³, Tarun Kumar¹.
¹Department of Pediatrics, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India, ²Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India, ³Consultant Haemato-oncologist, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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Impact of Time to Achieve Full Enteral Nutrition on Intraventricular Hemorrhage Risk in Preterm Infants: A Study in a Resource-Limited Setting
Nasser Shaikhan AL Shafouri, Ahmed Sulaiym Said Al Muqarshi, Mahmoud Khalid Aboelhamd Mohamed.
NICU Ibri Hospital, Ibri, Oman.
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Risk Factors and Clinical Characteristics of Late-Onset Neonatal Hypocalcemia
Ahmad Shafat Tak¹, Maheen Dar¹, Iftikhar Ali¹, Needa Dar².
¹Department of Pediatrics, Government medical college, Srinagar, India, ²Government medical college, Jammu, India.
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Blood-Smart NICUs: Implementing a Pragmatic Phlebotomy Care Bundle to Reduce Diagnostic Blood Loss and Anemia – A Single-Centre Experience
K S Kumaravel, V Anurekha, A. Sivagami, M. Poornima.
Department of Pediatrics, Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem.
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From Likes to Advice: The Influence of Social Media on Parental Health Decisions
Sofia Maria da Silva Faria¹, Daniela Ferreira da Costa², Ana Rita Gomes de Sousa², Carolina Isabel Lopes Pinto da Costa¹, Carla Cristina Abreu Faria Freitas Morna².
¹Pediatrics Department, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal, ²Family Medicine, Unidade de Saúde Familiar de Modivas, Unidade Local de Saúde Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, Vila do Conde, Portugal.
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Could we prevent chronic kidney disease and severe acute kidney injury due to NSAID?
Pankaj Venkatrao Deshpande.
Pediatric Nephrology, Hinduja hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India.
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COVID-19 and Vasculitis in Pediatrics
Rita Sofia Carneiro Martins, Rui João Castro Miranda, Edurdo Miguel Pereira da Costa.
Department of Pediatrics, Local Health Unit Entre Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.
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Ischiopubic synchondrosis - an entity to remember
Alice Martins¹, Mariana Andrade¹, Rui Martins², Ricardo Castro³, e Irene Carvalho¹.
¹Serviço de Pediatria, UAG da Mulher e da Criança, ULS São João, Porto, Portugal, ²Serviço de Ortopedia, ULS São João, Porto, Portugal, ³Serviço de Radiologia, ULS São João, Porto, Portugal.
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Newborn with a rare cause for testicular enlargement
Andre Costa Silva¹, Licinia Lima², Bernardete Rodrigues², Arnado Rêgo², Carla Dias², Isabel Soro², Dalila Rocha².
¹Department of Pediatrics, Unidade Local de Saúde Alto Minho, Povoa De Varzim, Portugal, ²ULSAM, Hospital Santa Luzia, Viana Castelo, Viana, Portugal.
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Unusual early skeletal manifestations in a neonate with congenital syphilis
Tehsin Patel, Sruthi Nair, Prashanth RR, Anitha Haribalakrishna.
Department of Neonatology, Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
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Atypical predominance of vertebral fractures as the first sign of COL1A2-related osteogenesis imperfecta
Carolina Fraga¹, Inês Aires Martins², Telma Barbosa³, Célia Azevedo Soares^4,5,6,7, Anabela Bandeira⁸.
¹Pediatrics Department, Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António (CMIN-CHUdSA), Porto, Portugal, ²Pediatrics Department, CMIN-CHUdSA, Porto, Portugal, ³Pediatric Pneumology Department, CMIN-CHUdSA, Porto, Portugal, ⁴Serviço de Genética Médica, Centro de Genética Médica Jacinto Magalhães, CHUdSA, Porto, Portugal, ⁵Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar/Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, ⁶Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, ⁷Institute for Investigation and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, ⁸Reference Center for Inherited Disorders of Metabolism, CMIN-CHUdSA, Porto, Portugal.
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Bartonella henselae neuroretinitis in a healthy teenage boy
Joana Brígida Capela¹, Inês Almeida¹, Mariana Reis¹, Erica Guerreiro², Carla Mendonça³, Maria João Virtuoso¹.
¹Pediatrics Service, Hospital de Faro, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ²Ophtalmology Service, Hospital de Faro, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ³Neuropediatrics and Development Center, Hospital de Faro, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
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Multi system inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC) - an Incidental finding
Abdul qadeer¹, Khatidja Ally¹, Hira Waseem¹, Hina Rajani¹, Ashar Masood Khan².
¹National institute of child health, Karachi, Pakistan, ²Dr Ziauddin University hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
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What Lies Beneath - Child Poisoning
Catarina Ferreira Nunes, Andreia Filipa Mota, Catarina Luís, Helena Almeida.
Pediatrics Department in Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Inferior vena cava and common iliac thrombosis in a newborn twin
Gabriela Etzel Gomes de Sa¹, Miguel Machado Carlos Lopes², Raquel Alexandra Barbosa de Nunes Gouveia Lopes², Isabel Sampaio², Maria da Graça Rocha Oliveira², Rita Espírito Santo², Maria João Palaré².
¹Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, PR, Brasil, ²Departamento de Pediatria do Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Lisboa, Portugal.
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An unexpected cause of right upper quadrant abdominal pain in a teenager
Marta Pelicano¹, Mariana Eiras Dias¹, Ana Lança², Rita Belo Morais¹.
¹Pediatrics Department, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal, ²Pediatrics Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Lisbon, Portugal.
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A Rare Case of Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome with novel RNASEH2C Gene Mutation: A Comprehensive Clinical and Molecular Analysis
Deepak Mulchandani, Vaishali Singh, Omkar Shelke.
Department of Paediatrics, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai.
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The efficacy and safety of imatinib therapy in a case of non-familial cherubism
Sarah M. Alfaqaih^1,2, Mohamed Bashaga^2,3, Yaser Omar Howayw⁴.
¹Pediatric Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Misurata, Libya, ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Misurata, Libya, ³Diagnostic Radiology department, National cancer institute, Misurata, Libya, ⁴Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Misurata Medical Center, Misurata, Libya.
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Protein-Losing Enteropathy as a Rare Complication of Giardiasis in Children
Filipa Sutre, Margarida Caldeira, Alexandra Gavino, Aldina Lopes.
Paediatric Department, Hospital de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal.
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Cholestatic Jaundice in Pediatric COVID-19: two case reports
Karen Janice Moras, Suneel C Mundkur, Rochelle Anne Periera.
Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, MAHE, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
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Type 1c Choledochal cyst in a premature twin neonate: Case report and literature review
Prashanth RR, Medha Goyal, Jyothi Sreekumari, Anitha Haribalakrishna.
Department of Neonatology, Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
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Understanding Drug-Induced Enterocolitis
Catarina Maria Queirós Fraga, Ana Rita Barroca Macedo, Ana Carolina Coelho de Castro, Georgeta Maria Costa Alves de Oliveira.
Pediatrics Department of Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Oporto, Portugal.
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A rare finding in a preterm infant
João Sousa Marques¹, Sara Geitoeira¹, Joana Oliveira², Sandra Costa^3,4, Ana Vilan^3,4.
¹Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal, ²Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-Os-Montes E Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, ³Department of Neonatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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T-Cell Lymphoma Complicating Brucellosis: A Unique Clinical Scenario
Nimrah Fatima¹, Khatidja Ally¹, Hira waseem¹, Hina Rajani¹, Ashar Masood Khan².
¹National institute of child health, Karachi, Pakistan, ²Dr Ziauddin University hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Probable Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis presenting with status epilepticus in an 8-year-old
André Salvada¹, Mariana Fidalgo Silva¹, Andreia Filipa Mota¹, Francisca Costa¹, Susana Rocha², Luís Rito Cruz³, Paula Correia¹, Catarina Luís¹.
¹Child and Youth Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Amadora/Sintra, Amadora, Portugal, ²Pediatrics Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Arco Ribeirinho, Barreiro, Portugal, ³Neuroradiology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Amadora/Sintra, Amadora, Portugal.
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Supracardiac TAPVC with Complete Heartblock : An Uncommon Association
Saurabhi Das¹, Deepali Bangalia², Siddhartha Jayantkumar Joshi².
¹Department of Fetal And Paediatric cardiology, Health City Hospital, Guwahati, ²Department of Paediatric cardiology, The Mission Hospital, Durgapur.
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Mobitz Type II Cardiac Conduction Disorder in Adolescent Male
April Oertle¹, Justin Assioun^2,3, Stephanie Schroter^2,3.
¹University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, Illinois, USA, ²Division of Emergency Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA.
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A Tropical Adventure in the Immune System
Leonor Cardoso¹, Catarina Duarte², Cristina Camilo², Leonor Boto², José Gonçalo Marques³.
¹Department of Paediatrics, ULS da Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal, ²Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria - ULSSM, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Paediatric Unit of Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Santa Maria - ULSSM, Lisbon, Portugal.
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A Rare Case of a Neonatal Haemangioma of the Distal Phalynx
Issac Varghese¹, Kishore Kumar^2,3.
¹Department of Neonatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, U.K., ²Senior Consultant Neonatologist & Head of Department of Neonatology, Cloud Nine Hospital, Bangalore, India, ³Professor (Adjunct) of Neonatology, Notre Dame University, Perth, Australia.
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Stick Out Your Tongue: Lingual Myokymia a Simple Neurotoxin Test as a Diagnostic Marker After Snake Bite in a Child
April Oertle¹, Justin Assioun^2,3, Elizabeth Chang^2,3.
¹University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, Illinois, United States, ²Division of Emergency Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States.
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Cutaneous Mastocytosis
Catarina Martins, Inês Vivas, Maria José Dinis.
Pediatrics and Neonatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, Portugal.
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Hematological manifestations in Addison's disease
Gomes Pereira Patrícia¹, Lachado Ana², Costa Emília², Borges Teresa³, Couto Guerra Isabe².
¹Department of Pediatrics, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, ²Department of Pediatric Hematology, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, Porto, Portugal, ³Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
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Neonatal gall bladder perforation- the unknown dilemma
Soumyodhriti Ghosh¹, Hari Ignatius Pandey¹, Sunaram Majhi², Abhijit Kundu³, Abhishek Kumar⁴, Pradeep Singh⁴, M Aamir Khan⁴, Ghazala Yasmin⁴, Anjali Shrivastava⁴.
¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Abhishek Child care Hospital, Jamshedpur, India, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Abhishek Child care Hospital, Jamshedpur, India, ³Department of Surgery, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, India, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Abhishek Child care Hospital, Jamshedpur, India.
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Tornwaldt's Cyst - An unusual diagnosis with an atypical form of presentation
Ana Machado da Cunha^1,2, Inês Mazeda², Diogo Cunha Cabral³, Carolina Gonçalves².
¹Pediatric Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Braga, Braga, Portugal, ²Pediatric Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Póvoa de Varzim - Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, ³ENT Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal.
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Culture Prescription Practices for Suspected Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Countries with Limited Resources
Kamo Sélangai Doka Héléne¹, Fadimatou Altiné¹, Abouame Palma¹, Souraya Haman¹, Ranava Paul¹, Ehouzou Mandeng Marcelle², Sap Suzanne².
¹Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Garoua Cameroon, Cameroon, ²Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé Cameroon, Cameroon.
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Kayser-Fleischer Ring in Wilson Disease: Utility of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
Sneha Das Gupta¹, Ankit Agrawal², Ankita Aishwarya Agrawal³.
¹Department of Pediatric, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, India, ²Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Child Health, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Child Health, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Erythema ab igne - report of two cases
Rui J. Miranda¹, Inês Alexandra Azevedo¹, Rafael Figueiredo², Marta Pinheiro².
¹Department of Pediatrics, Unidade Local de Saúde Entre Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, ²Department of Pediatrics, Local Health Unit Entre Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.
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Silent swelling - a diagnosis to remember
Teresa Cachada Baptista, Bárbara Costa Correia, Andreia Meireles, Juliana Oliveira, Catarina Carvalho.
Pediatric and Neonatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, Porto, Portugal.
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Mediastinal teratoma in a three months infant- an unforeseen emergency
Soumyodhriti Ghosh¹, Hari Ignatius Pandey¹, Shabnam Kumari², Sunaram Majhi³, Abhijit Kundu⁴, Pradeep Singh⁵, Abhishek Kumar⁵.
¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Abhishek Child Care hospital, Jamshedpur, ²Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Abhishek Child Care hospital, Jamshedpur, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Abhishek Child Care hospital, Jamshedpur, ⁴Department of Surgery, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Abhishek Child Care hospital, Jamshedpur.
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Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Syndrome – A Cause Never To Be Forgotten
Teresa Cachada Baptista, Manuel Lima Ferreira, Bárbara Costa Correia, Susana Lira, Leonilde Machado.
Paediatrics and Neonatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Tâmega e Sousa, 4564-007 Penafiel, Portugal.
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