[Mostly avoidable and rarely considered encephalopathy: mental deficiency of psychiatric origin. Role of parent-child se...
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[Evaluation of an educational action on accident prevention in children].
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A health education action for childhood injuries prevention took place from october 1988 to march 1989 in the town of Chambéry (Savoie), a town of 95,000 inhabitants. The health education concerned 21,950, 0 to 15 years old children and their close relatives (parents or educators). Two assessment means were applied: 1) a questionnaire submitted to ...
[Hemorrhagic shock with encephalopathy syndrome or major hyperthermia syndrome?].
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A five month-old infant presented with gastro-intestinal symptoms followed by a multiple organ failure with: shock, status epilepticus, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hepatic and renal failure. The infant survived with major neurological sequelae. The diagnosis and the actuality of the so-called "hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndro...
[Chlamydia pneumoniae: possibly, the third cause of epidemic bacterial pneumopathies?].
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[Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. A case in an adolescent].
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The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome includes periorificial melanin spots and digestive adenoma, transmitted according to an autosomal dominant mode. We report on a case discovered in a 13 year-old girl presenting with anaemia.
[Cachectic diencephalic tumor].
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[Diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease in children. A letter from the Canadian Society of Pediatrics].
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[Hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency manifesting as Reye's syndrome in a 3-year-old girl].
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The authors report on one case of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase (HMG-Co A lyase) deficiency in a 3 year-old girl, presenting as Reye's syndrome. Urinary organic profile suggested this inherited metabolic disease; decreased activity of HMG-Co A lyase was demonstrated in cultured fibroblasts. The metabolic etiologies of Reye's syndrome ...
[Total thyroidectomy in a young girl presenting C cell hyperplasia at the time of a family screening for medullary carci...
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The authors report on the case of a 5,8 year-old girl whose father died of medullary thyroid carcinoma. When she was 4,5 year-old, her physical examination was normal but plasma calcitonin and katacalcin (PDN-21) levels were abnormally high in response to pentagastrin infusion. Total thyroidectomy was performed and immunohistochemical staining show...
[Primary hyperparathyroidism in children].
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