human papilloma virus (hpv) infection is a very common infection of skin and mucosa of children and adults (1- 6).anogenital warts are a common type of hpv infection in sexually active adults, however it is seen in any age. the importance of presence of genital warts is different between adults and children in respect to differential diagnosis, associations, complications and also treatment opt...

Malignancy is one of the most frequent cause of death in children -in U.S. it is the second common cause (second to Tranma). Between childhood malignancy leukemia is by far the mO'st frequent one and C.N.S. tumors take the second place -abdominal tumor re­main the third common cause of children's malignancy -Retroperitoneal space with organs like, kidney, adrenal gland, sympatheti nervous syste...

background: toxic exposures in childhood are major health concern. in this hospital-based study, we sought to investigate socio-epidemiological factors contributing to acute pediatric poisoning in chennai, tamil nadu, india. methods: this prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the kanchi kamakoti childs trust hospital (kkcth), a tertiary care hospital for children in chennai. childr...

objective: the aim of this report was to study the gender role on autismsymptoms distribution and severity in a clinical sample from iran. then, the results were compared with the published study from the same community population sample, iran. method: the subjects of this retrospective study were a convenient clinical sample of the referrals of children with pervasive developmental disorders. ...

protein losing enteropathy (ple) as an initial finding of lymphoma, is extremely rare in childhood. we describe clinical and pathological features of an unusual case of gastrointestinal lymphoma presented with ple as a sole manifestation. differential diagnosis in children presenting with ple is critical because early diagnosis and treatment are important for survival in patients with lymphoma.

abstract background: assessment of developmental skills is one of the most essential components of children’s health evaluation. since several pubertal disorders are caused by parental negligence in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of childhood problems, failure to make a timely diagnosis of these problems could have adverse effects on the health of children in future. this study was conduc...

Disseminated nocardiosis (DN), is an infrequent and severe infection due to Nocardia species and defined as infection in two or more discontinuous organs.  Most infections occur in the immunocompromised host or in persons with underlying disease.  DN occurs rarely in children.  In this report, we describe an 11-year-old immune-compromised child with nocardiosis involving the lung, skin, brain a...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...