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…
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…
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%…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
