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Nutritional rickets among children admitted with severe pneumonia at Mulago hospital, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThere’s abundant sunshine in the tropics but severe rickets is still observed. Nutritional rickets is associated with an increased risk of...
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Immunosuppression in pregnant women with renal disease: review of the latest evidence in the biologics era
Care of pregnant woman, including fertility and procreation counseling, has become a significant part of the nephrological practice in the last...
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Assisted Physical Exercise for Improving Bone Strength in Preterm Infants Less than 35 Weeks Gestation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of daily assisted physical exercise (starting from one week of postnatal age) on bone strength at 40 weeks of post...
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Efficacy and safety of early supplementation with 800 IU of vitamin D in very preterm infants followed by underlying levels of vitamin D at birth
BackgroundTo determine the efficacy and safety of early supplementation with 800 IU of vitamin D in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.
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Vitamin D in pediatric age: consensus of the Italian Pediatric Society and the Italian Society of Preventive and Social Pediatrics, jointly with the Italian Federation of Pediatricians
Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in the regulation of calcium-phosphorus metabolism, particularly during pediatric age when nutritional rickets and...
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Cord serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is not associated with cranial anthropometrics in infants up to 6 months of age. An Odense Child Cohort study
Skull changes are poorly described in vitamin D insufficiency [serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (s-25(OH)D) 25–50 nmol/L]. We aimed to investigate factors...
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Risk factors for poor bone health in primary mitochondrial disease
IntroductionPrimary mitochondrial disease is caused by either mitochondrial or nuclear DNA mutations that impact the function of the mitochondrial...
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2017 PRETEXT: radiologic staging system for primary hepatic malignancies of childhood revised for the Paediatric Hepatic International Tumour Trial (PHITT)
Imaging is crucial in the assessment of children with a primary hepatic malignancy. Since its inception in 1992, the PRETEXT (PRE-Treatment EXTent of...
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Organic acidurias in adults: late complications and management
Organic acidurias (synonym, organic acid disorders, OADs) are a heterogenous group of inherited metabolic diseases delineated with the implementation...
