Asthma in childhood is a heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes and variable clinical manifestations, which depend on the age, gender, genetic background, and environmental influences of the patients. Several longitudinal studies have been conducted to classify the phenotypes of childhood asthma, on the basis of the symptoms, triggers of wheezing illness, or pathophysiological features...

aims: this study aims to review the economic cost of childhood (0-18 years) unintentional injuries (ui) and focuses upon comparing the cost burden between developing and developed countries. methods: articles were selected from pubmed using the search words “economic cost”, “unintentional injuries” and “children”. nine articles were selected. results: studies in china focused upon cost to hospi...

background: in this study, we examined the epidemiologic characteristics of childhood brain tumors in patients referred to mahak pediatric cancer treatment and research center (one of the main national referral centers for childhood malignancies in iran) for treatment. materials and methods: this cohort (simple sampling) study consisted of 198 children less than 15 year old with cns tumor refer...

Objective. To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the evidence for the effect of breastfeeding on the risk of developing childhood leukemia. Review Methods. We sought studies providing data regarding the association of breastfeeding and occurrence of childhood leukemia. Studies were identified by using Medline, HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, US Department of Health and Human Ser...

anti n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (nmdr) encephalitis has been recognized as the most frequent autoimmune encephalitis in children after acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (adem).however due to the variable the variable clinical presentation, the paucity of specific finding on standard laboratory and radiological investigation remains under recognized. first discribed in 2005, most commonly...

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...

Brain tumors, which is one of the destructive forms of human being’s cancers, are the second most common children’s cancers. Brain tumors may have an inherited (small percent), acquired reasons due to environmental factors. Nowadays advances in cosmetic industry have increased our ability in the field of youth and beauty. Hair dye products are such innovations. Recent studies showed...

BACKGROUND Childhood chronic physical illness is associated with a greater vulnerability for emotional problems (i.e. depression and anxiety) in childhood. However, little is known about life-long effects of childhood chronic physical illness on mental health. The present study aims to systematically review evidence for associations between eight chronic physical illnesses with childhood onset ...