Guided Growth for Correction of Elevated Tibial Posterior Slope in Pediatric ACL Deficiency: A Case Report.

Case: Fourteen-year-old boy, history of autism presented with bilateral knee instability. Imaging revealed bilateral anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficiency, 20° of posterior tibial slope (PTS) on the right and 18° on the left. A guided growth technique using anterior placed tension band plates was used to correct the PTS.

Coping among parents of children with special health care needs with and without a health care home.

Introduction: Having a health care home has been shown to be associated with positive health outcomes for children with special health care needs (CSHCN), but its relationship to parental coping has not been established. The purpose of this study was to explore the health care home as a process of care related to parental coping with day-to-day demands of raising a CSHCN.

Method: Data are from a sample of 18,352 CSHCN in the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health.

Clinical and pharmacogenetic influences on response to hydroxychloroquine in discoid lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study.

The recommended systemic therapy of choice for discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is the 4-aminoquinolone antimalarial hydroxychloroquine. There is limited published information on the likelihood of clinical response and, in particular, what factors influence outcome. We conducted a multicenter observational and pharmacogenetic study of 200 patients with DLE treated with hydroxychloroquine.