OBJECTIVE To review the causes, presentation, and therapy of primary generalized and localized symmetrical hypertrichosis in children. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Academic specialty referral clinic for pediatric dermatological disorders. PATIENTS Case series of 11 prepubertal male and female patients who had idiopathic hypertrichosis between July 1, 1990, and Novem...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Neuromuscular blockers (NMB) are widely used in pediatric anesthesia, but there is no ideal NMB. This study aimed at evaluating onset and recovery time, hemodynamic changes and tracheal intubation conditions of rocuronium, atracurium and mivacurium in pediatric patients. METHODS Participated in this study 67 children aged 30 months to 12 years, physical status ASA I ...

AIM Benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BCECTS) is the most common idiopathic partial epilepsy in children. Treatment attitudes remain a controversial issue. We examine features that could suggest refractoriness at onset. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 144 children with BCECTS diagnosed at the Division of Pediatric Neurology, Asan Medical Center,...

Abstract Background Tic disorders are childhood-onset neuropsychiatric characterized by multiple motor or vocal tics with frequent comorbidities and a broad spectrum of phenotypic presentations. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics comorbid conditions in pediatric patients tic disorders. Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records 119 (89 males, 30 females...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of developmental defects of enamel in children with asthma and its relation to specific characteristics of disease such as symptom onset, asthma severity and treatment initiation in pediatric asthma patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Children and adolescents (104 asthma patients and 104 control subjects), 7-14 years of age and residents of...

a 2 years and 9 months old boy attended to a gastroenterology clinic of pediatric hospital for investigation of recurrent and intractable vomiting. he had post prandial, non-projectile, non-bilious emesis since past 2 years. since the onset of illness, he was carried to many doctors and underwent extensive laboratory investigations. because all of the science lab and imaging work up for etiolog...

BACKGROUND Type 1 diabetes is among the most prevalent chronic childhood diseases in the US. Initial type 1 diabetes management education and care can take place in different clinical settings. This study assessed metabolic outcomes (i.e. hemoglobin A1C), healthcare utilization and costs among new-onset type 1 diabetic children who received initial diabetes education and care in a hospital comp...

Autoinflammatory disorders are characterized by spontaneous episodes of systemic inflammation deriving from inherited defects of the innate immune system. Childhood is usually the lifetime involved in most inherited autoinflammatory disorders, but a moderate number of patients may experience disease onset during adulthood. Herein we report our experience in the clinical and genetic approach to ...