There is a great need for discovery of biological markers that could be used diagnostically for pediatric onset disorders, particularly those with potentially confusing phenomenology such as pediatric-onset bipolar disorder (BD). Obtaining these markers would help overcome current subjective diagnostic techniques of relying on parent and child interview and symptomatic history. Brain imaging ma...

We are all children at heart. When we want something, we want it now and are willing to trust in fate if it means that we can get it now. Many bird owners are like this. They want a bird, so they buy it. They don’t necessarily spend the time to research the source of the bird, and often there is little money left over to make sure that their purchase is healthy. Many people buy birds and know v...

An 8 year old girl with seronegative pauciarticular onset juvenile chronic arthritis who developed progressive joint destruction and aortic incompetence is presented.

Studies using the single trial Stroop task consistently reveal increased reaction time (RT) facilitation effects among schizophrenia patients. One possible mechanism underlying this effect is increased automatic spreading activation in semantic networks. The current study was designed to test this hypothesis. We administered the Stroop task and two semantic priming tasks to the same subjects. P...

Low natural killer (NK) activity towards adenovirus infected fibroblasts was detected in the peripheral blood of a child with Still's disease and was not normalised by the addition of interferon alfa or interleukin 2. NK cytotoxicity directed at K 562 target cells or polio infected fibroblasts was normal. This specific NK deficiency might have contributed to the development of the child's Still...

amitraz is a triazapentadiene, an α2 adrenergic agonist and a member of the amidine chemical family. a limited number of human intoxication cases have been published in the literature. lack of a clear and specific protocol for the therapy of amitraz intoxication may make its successfully managed case reports useful and valuable for other clinical practitioners in poisoning departments. the case...

developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh) is the most frequent developmental disorder of the locomotor system. it is detected among 0.1–5.2% of newborns (1, 2). this might be the reason, that there is a high interest to detect ddh cases as early as possible. undetected or late cases lead to catastrophes for the patient and family. limping, leg length discrepancy, pain, frequent operations and so...

Familial studies in inflammatory polyarthritis indicate strong hereditary factors, particularly in relationship to the serological tests (Lawrence and Ball, 1958). In a single kindred of some 3,000 persons reported briefly by Whittinghill, Hendricks, Taylor, and Thorp (1958), rheumatoid arthritis was distributed independently of spondylitis and Still's disease. The ten spondylitics had higher t...