2 Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece 3 Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece ...

Department of Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia A Morrow, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Sydney ...

Varicella, known as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), with an estimated 84 million cases annually. It primarily affects children, for most of whom it is a self-limiting ...

1 Nursing, Health and Social Care Research Centre, Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK 2 Department of Child Health, Wales College of Medicine Correspondence to: Lesley ...

Objective Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a preventable folate deficiency disorder; increasing folic acid intake through food ...

During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related ...

It is unsettling when parents refuse treatment for their child’s serious illness based on their expectation of a miraculous ...

Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...

Objective To examine the views of adolescents with excess weight and parents of adolescents with excess weight towards weight and weight management. Design A qualitative study design using ...

Objective A process evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) model of integrated care for the interpretation of trial findings and building evidence on the ...

Correspondence to: Prof. M Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK; m.levin{at}ic.ac.uk Neisseria ...

Correspondence to Professor Gary Butler, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London NW1 2PQ, UK; gary.butler{at}ucl.ac.uk There has ...