Pediatric Department, Pediatric growth and development research center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of pediatric infectious diseases , University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran Department of Radiology University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Pediatric, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Departm...

1. Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Shahid Beheshti Medical University 2. Associate Professor of Pediatric neurology, Shahid Beheshti Medical University 3. Assistant Professor of pediatric Neurology, Gorgan University of Medical Sciences 4. Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences 5.Assistant Professor of pediatric Neurology,Shahid Beheshti Medical Uni...

OBJECTIVE To show that sialoendoscopy is both a safe and effective alternative to traditional treatments for juvenile recurrent parotitis and sialolithiasis. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Two major pediatric tertiary care centers. PATIENTS Eighteen pediatric patients. INTERVENTIONS A total of 33 sialendoscopic procedures on 27 glands. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Indicat...

Methods We performed a retrospective medical charts review in all JIA patients who received LFN between Jan 2006 to Mar 2011 from our outpatient Pediatric Rheumatology Clinics. We collected data of: gender, age, type of JIA, date of onset, date of diagnosis, date of first DMARD, uveitis, reason to indiciate LFN, concomitant therapies, reason to discontinuation, joint activity (tender and swolle...

BACKGROUND Influence of genetic variants in the NOD2 gene may play a more important role in disease activity, behaviour and treatment of pediatric- than adult-onset Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS 85 pediatric- and 117 adult-onset CD patients were tested for the three main NOD2 CD-associated variants (p.R702W, p.G908R and p.10007fs) and clinical data of at least two years of follow-up were comp...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, and is often diagnosed in late childhood and early adulthood. What determines the age of onset remains unexplained. Early onset may represent the "pure" form of the disease process and hence may hold secrets of the initiating events of IBD pathogenesis. Clinical scientists continue to focus on pediatric IBD because ...

PURPOSE Despite the prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders, the degree to which medical schools are providing students the knowledge and confidence to treat these problems is unclear. This study evaluated MSK knowledge in second and fourth year medical students using a newly developed written assessment tool and examined the maturation of clinical confidence in treating core MSK disorder...

OBJECTIVE To guide assessment and intervention for patients and families, a model for assessing and treating pediatric medical traumatic stress (PMTS) is presented that integrates the literature across pediatric conditions. METHODS A model with three general phases is outlined--I, peritrauma; II, early, ongoing, and evolving responses; and III, longer-term PMTS. Relevant literature for each i...