Rare Diseases
Conference Coverage
Biomarkers may help to predict persistent oligoarticular JIA
Analysis of a small group of samples revealed that the selected biomarkers more accurately predicted persistent disease than disease likely to...
Opinion
Monkeypox: What’s a pediatrician to do?
Given the media coverage of the outbreak, pediatricians should be prepared for questions from patients and their parents.
Guidelines
Updated pediatric uveitis recommendations advise on expanded treatment options
The recommendations represent an update of 2018 consensus-based recommendations from the SHARE Initiative and the 2019 American College of...
Feature
Meet a miracle: Man with trisomy 13 to celebrate 20th birthday
Lloyd Tyler Rochez was born in 2002 with a genetic disorder that can involve severe learning problems and health woes that affect nearly every...
Latest News
Low butyrylcholinesterase: A possible biomarker of SIDS risk?
The problem with using these data prematurely is that it will unnecessarily alarm parents that their baby will die, and, to make it worse, be...
Guidelines
Myositis guidelines aim to standardize adult and pediatric care
These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).
Commentary
Alarming global rise in pediatric hepatitis: Expert Q&A
For pediatricians, an awareness of the “outbreak” may allow the clinician to extend the typical workup of a child presenting with an undefined,...
Commentary
Could a common cold virus be causing severe hepatitis in kids?
Dr. Wilson presents hypotheses about what might be going on.
Latest News
New data confirm risk of Guillain-Barré with J&J COVID shot
Nearly all individuals who developed GBS after the Janssen vaccine had facial weakness or paralysis, in addition to weakness and decreased...
Latest News
Topical treatment for EB recommended for approval in the EU
“The benefit of Filsuvez is its ability to promote healing of EB partial thickness wounds,” the EMA said in an announcement.
Photo Rounds
Nonhealing boils
It seemed clear that the growth was linked to a recent trip to a tropical location. But the true cause wasn’t the one that was originally...