. Endocrine Causes of Hypoglycemia

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Endocrine Causes of Hypoglycemia   Andrea Kelly and Charles A. Stanley   Hypoglycemic disorders are generally classified as either fasting hypoglycemia or reactive or postprandial hypoglycemia. The risk of hypoglycemia…

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. Salmonella , Shigella , and Escherichia coli

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Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli   Andrew T. Pavia   The family Enterobacteriaceae is a large, heterogeneous group of gram-negative bacteria. Many are normal inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract of…

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. Myeloid Malignancies

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Myeloid Malignancies   Soheil Meshinchi, Robert J. Arceci, and Howard J. Weinstein   Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) accounts for about 20% of cases of acute leukemia in children and 80%…

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. Genetic Lesions in Steroidogenesis

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Genetic Lesions in Steroidogenesis   Walter L. Miller   The key clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic features of the common forms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are discussed in this chapter….

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. Renal Tumors

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Renal Tumors   Elizabeth Mullen   Approximately 550 children and adolescents are diagnosed with renal tumors in the United States each year. The vast majority of these (about 500 cases…

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. Immunologic Diseases

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Immunologic Diseases   Julie Prendiville   DRUG ERUPTIONS Cutaneous adverse reactions to drugs are common in pediatric practice and often present a diagnostic challenge.1 The pathogenesis of most drug eruptions…

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. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma   Mitchell S. Cairo and Thomas G. Gross   EPIDEMIOLOGY Lymphoma represents the third most common pediatric cancer in children between the ages of 0 to 19 years…

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. Dental Occlusion and Its Management

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Dental Occlusion and Its Management   Richard Bruun and Sivabalan Vasudavan   Dental occlusion is the term used to describe the relationship of the maxillary and mandibular teeth to each…

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. Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation

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Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation   Jaak Jaeken   Glycosylation is an important posttranslational protein modification occurring in the cytoplasm, the endoplasmic reticulum, and the Golgi apparatus. A rapidly growing family…

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. Trauma to the Nervous System

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Trauma to the Nervous System   Magdi M. Sobeih   The statement that children are not small adults particularly applies when considering the developing nervous system. The nervous system is…

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