OBJECTIVE To compare delinquent behavior and early substance use between the children in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA; N = 487) and those in a local normative comparison group (n = 272) at 24 and 36 months postrandomization and to test whether these outcomes were predicted by the randomly assigned treatments and subsequent self-selected prescribed medications. MET...

human papilloma virus (hpv) infection is a very common infection of skin and mucosa of children and adults (1- 6).anogenital warts are a common type of hpv infection in sexually active adults, however it is seen in any age. the importance of presence of genital warts is different between adults and children in respect to differential diagnosis, associations, complications and also treatment opt...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to establish associations of duration of breast-feeding with mean BMI and waist circumference, as well as the likelihood of being overweight/obese, during early childhood. DESIGN Cross-sectional, population-based study. Height, weight and waist circumference were measured and BMI calculated. Interviewer-administered questionnaire determined whether the child was ever breas...

Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune sub epidermal blistering dermatosis that is uncommon in childhood. We report two cases of children with bullous pemphigoid. The first one was a case of a 4-month-old female infant, whereas the second is of a 3-month-old male infant. The two cases presented clinical and laboratory data for the confirmatory diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid. Opportunely we review...

The breath hydrogen test (BHT) was adapted for use in young infants and children. The diagnostic criterion of sugar malabsorption in the BHT was determined by oral administration of 0.5 g/kg of unabsorbable sugar (lactulose) to 21 healthy infants and children. A maximum increase in breath hydrogen less than 0.05 ml/min per m2 was observed in all subjects. A good correlation between results by t...

The breath hydrogen test (BHT) was adapted for use in young infants and children. The diagnostic criterion of sugar malabsorption in the BHT was determined by oral administration of 0 5 g/kg of unabsorbable sugar (lactulose) to 21 healthy infants and children. A maximum increase in breath hydrogen >0 05 ml/min per m2 was observed in all subjects. A good correlation between results by the BHT an...

background acetaminophen exposure might be associated with increasing risk of asthma prevalence and other atopic disorders over recent decades. the present study aimed to investigate the association between acetaminophen exposure and the risk of developing childhood asthma. methods a case - control study was undertaken between march and september 2010 in urmia district north west of iran. subje...

Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is a very common infection of skin and mucosa of children and adults (1- 6).Anogenital warts are a common type of HPV infection in sexually active adults, however it is seen in any age. The importance of presence of genital warts is different between adults and children in respect to differential diagnosis, associations, complications and also treatment opt...