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Outcome of premature thelarche: relation to puberty and final height
BACKGROUND There is a debate about the possible progression of idiopathic premature thelarche towards precocious or early puberty. OBJECTIVE To evaluate height and age at onset of puberty in a group ...
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Thirty-years of screening for cystic fibrosis in East Anglia
1 Biochemical Genetics Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ...
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Metabolic effects of discontinuing growth hormone treatment
AIMS To evaluate the effects of discontinuing growth hormone (GH) treatment on energy expenditure and body composition, which might help predict those most likely to benefit from early reintroduction ...
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Acute rheumatic fever in the UK and Ireland: a BPSU surveillance study
Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys: a family matter
Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys (‘circumcision’) is legitimised by consent from those with parental responsibility for ...
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Do you know when the inhaler is empty?
1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Background Medication review is recommended at asthma appointments. The presence of ...
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Confirmation of deafness in infancy
AIM To assess delay in confirming hearing impairment in infants identified by universal neonatal screening and to investigate the causes. PATIENTS Infants identified from 25 199 babies screened from ...
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How to manage warts
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Practical approaches to reduce the impact of bullying
aProfessor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK, bConsultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lincoln District Healthcare NHS ...
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220 46,XY disorder of sex development – partial gonadal dysgenesis – case report
Introduction 46, XY partial gonadal dysgenesis (PGD) is a disorder of sex development characterised by an incomplete testicular development (dysgenetic gonad) which results in incomplete virilisation ...
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Management of distressing procedures in children and young people: time to adhere to the guidelines
3 Department of Paediatric Psychology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, UK 4 Department of Paediatric Psychology & Play Therapy, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to ...
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Compatibility of drug infusions in the NICU
Objectives The majority of drugs used in sick newborns receiving intensive care are unlicensed and off-label, exposing infants to greater risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Our aim was to study ...