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Saturday, January 10, 2009

A population-based analysis of 788 cases of yolk sac tumors: A comparison of males and females.

29 Nov 2008 Yolk sac tumors (YST) are a rare and aggressive germ cell tumor. The objective of this study is to compare the patient characteristics and survival of YST in males and females. Demographic and clinicopathologic information were obtained from the ... Read more...

Incidence and geographic distribution of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in northern Uganda revisited.

29 Nov 2008 Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is etiologically associated with Epstein-Barr virus and ecologically linked to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, these infections imperfectly correlate with BL epidemiology. To obtain recent epidemiological data, ... Read more...

Weight loss and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants.

29 Nov 2008 Our objective was to evaluate the extent of weight loss in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants and to discover how weight loss and other variables correlate with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We conducted an observational study of 387 ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Infant, Newborn'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A population-based analysis of 788 cases of yolk sac tumors: A comparison of males and females. 29 Nov 2008
• Incidence and geographic distribution of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in northern Uganda revisited. 29 Nov 2008
• Weight loss and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants. 29 Nov 2008
• Aicardi syndrome in a genotypic male. 29 Nov 2008
• Group B streptococcal conjugate vaccine: a timely concept for which the time has come. 24 Nov 2008
• Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2007. 10 Nov 2008
• The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health: an international comparative study. 6 Nov 2008
• US health aid beyond PEPFAR: the Mother & Child Campaign. 3 Nov 2008
• [Stress disorder in parents of premature neonates--secondary publication] Nov 2008
• [Neonatal tetanus] Nov 2008
• The morbidity and mortality of pediatric oncology patients presenting to the intensive care unit with septic shock. 30 Oct 2008
• Congenital Ewing sarcoma in retroperitoneum with multiple metastases. 30 Oct 2008
• Phenotype/genotype correlations in a DFNB1 cohort with ethnical diversity. 30 Oct 2008
• Emergence of Clostridium difficile infection due to a new hypervirulent strain, polymerase chain reaction ribotype 078. 30 Oct 2008
• Enteric viruses in pediatric diarrhea in Saudi Arabia. 30 Oct 2008
• Molecular characterization of influenza viruses circulating in Northern Italy during two seasons (2005/2006 and 2006/2007) of low influenza activity. 30 Oct 2008
• Emergence of the GII4/2006b variant and recombinant noroviruses in China. 30 Oct 2008
• Functional polymorphism of the promoter region of the prostacyclin synthase gene and severity of RSV infection in hospitalized children. 30 Oct 2008
• Human herpesvirus 6 integrates within telomeric regions as evidenced by five different chromosomal sites. 30 Oct 2008
• Non-susceptibility trends among staphylococci from bacteraemias in the UK and Ireland, 2001-06. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Infant, Newborn'

Definition: An infant during the first month after birth.

Descriptor UI: D007231

Alternative terms: Infant, Newborn; Infants, Newborn; Newborn Infant; Newborn Infants; Newborns; Newborn; Neonate; Neonates;

Related Mesh Headings: Animals, Newborn;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; urine;

Tree Number: M01.060.703.520;

Technical Notes: from birth to 1 mo; IM; qualif permitted: /blood-csf-urine /growth /immunol /metab /physiol /psychol; also a check tag; as IM: Manual 18.5.9, 34.8, 34.9.1; specialty for only newborn inf = NEONATOLOGY, specialty for fetus & newborn inf = PERINATOLOGY