UNLABELLED Objectives. To record the age-specific incidence rate (ASIR) for diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in coloured and white children aged 0 - 12 years in the Western Cape (WC). DESIGN A retrospective population-based study using the 1991 population census to calculate the mean annual childhood population and the ASIR for ALL in the 0 - 4, 5 - 9 and 10 - 12-year age groups ...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of wheezing patterns and their associations with independent variables. METHODS Cohort study of live births in 1993 in Pelotas, Brazil. A systematic subsample (20%) of the original cohort was evaluated at 6 months, 12 months and 4 years. At 10-12 years, 87.5% of the original cohort was contacted. Wheezing was categorized: transient, wheezing at 4 years but no...

BACKGROUND Enterovirus 71 (EV71) has caused recurrent epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease among children in Singapore. Between August 2008 and July 2010, we conducted a survey to estimate the seroprevalence of EV71 infection among children and adolescents aged 1-17 years. We compared our EV71 seroepidemiologic findings with a previous study conducted in 1996-1997. METHODS The survey inv...

We estimated cost-effectiveness of annually vaccinating children not at high risk with inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) to range from US $12,000 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) saved for children ages 6-23 months to $119,000 per QALY saved for children ages 12-17 years. For children at high risk (preexisting medical conditions) ages 6-35 months, vaccination with IIV was cost saving. Fo...

Background: The real-world experience of dupilumab in Chinese children is limited, and the initial loading dose has not yet been deeply explored children. Objective: To explore efficacy safety patients with moderate-to-severe AD investigate effect higher disease control. Methods: Patients were divided into three groups according to age: <6 years, 6-11 >11 years. was 300mg for body weight <15kg ...

: Seizures are characterized by abnormally excessive or synchronized neuronal activity in the brain. The purpose of current study is to etiology partial seizure. To identify significant role neuroimaging &amp; EEG. A cross sectional involving a total 100 patients recruited between 2-12 years. All children aged 2 year 12 years age with seizures will undergo neuro imaging, plain and contrast (con...

PURPOSE To analyse antipyretics (APs) prescriptions profile in children, particularly the frequency of AP combinations. METHODS APs (acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol, ibuprofen or ketoprofen) prescribed to children below 12 years and refunded by a public health insurer in 2003, throughout France, were examined. RESULTS A total of 513 034 prescriptions were refunded for 240 720 children. Th...