OBJECTIVE: The presence of pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) in pediatric patients with congenital choledochal malformation significantly impacts clinical management and surgical decision-making. Current preoperative evaluation of PBM coexistence ...
BACKGROUND: Hookworm infection, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) causing iron-deficiency anaemia and malnutrition in low-income populations with poor sanitation, poses a considerable public health challenge in China and worldwide.
BACKGROUND: Pediatric cholestatic liver diseases can be characterized by rapidly progressive fibrosis. A multicenter cross-sectional analysis of vibration-controlled elastography in biliary atresia (BA), alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AT), and Ala...
DNA methylation-based classification using the Heidelberg Classifier is a state-of-the-art data-driven method for molecular diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) tumors. However, many pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) samples fail to yield a conf...
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Sep 27, 2025
PURPOSE: Tumors are heterogeneous and consist of subregions, also known as tumor habitats, each of which corresponds to a group of tissues with similar structural, metabolic or functional characteristics. This study aims to visualize and quantify int...
Assessing skeletal maturity through bone age (BA) evaluation is crucial for monitoring children's growth and guiding treatments, such as hormonal therapy and orthopedic interventions. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) methods have been de...
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a leading cause of death in under five year olds globally. World Health Organization (WHO) pneumonia diagnostic guidelines rely on non-specific clinical findings. Lung auscultation could improve pneumonia diagnosis, but conve...
Automatic markerless estimation of infant posture and motion from ordinary videos carries great potential for movement studies "in the wild", facilitating understanding of motor development and massively increasing the chances of early diagnosis of d...
PURPOSE: Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is an intestinal disorder characterized by the absence of nerve cells in parts of the intestinal tract. The definitive diagnosis is confirmed by a full-thickness rectal biopsy to verify the absence of ganglion c...
BACKGROUND: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance of Kawasaki disease (KD) patients have a heightened risk of coronary artery lesions. We aimed to explore the predictive factors of IVIG resistance of KD from Shandong Peninsula in China, and es...
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