Rotavirus (RV) is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis (GE) in infants and young children worldwide and is associated with a significant clinical and economic burden. The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics, healthcare resource utilization and the direct medical costs related to RVGE hospitalizations in Spain. An observational, multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2013 to May 2018 at the pediatric departments of 12 hospitals from different Spanish regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCongenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is the most frequent cause of persistent and recurrent hypoglycemia in the first years of life and in many patients rare genetic variants can be identified. Recently a case of congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and a severe neurodevelopmental syndrome due to a mutation in the voltage-gated Cav1.3 Ca channel gene has been reported which required long-term treatment with diazoxide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLanger-Giedion's syndrome (LGS) or trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type II (TRPS II; MIM:150230) is a contiguous gene deletion syndrome caused by the haploinsufficiency of the and genes. Cornelia de Lange's syndrome (CdLS) is a genetically heterogeneous dysmorphic syndrome where heterozygous mutations of gene have been associated with a mild clinical presentation (CDLS type 4; MIM: 614701). We report a female patient with a 2.
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