Publications by authors named "Felice Antebi"

Objectives: To determine whether an altered hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is inherent to Down's syndrome or if a high level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is a feature in a subset of patients with Down's syndrome.

Design: Comparative analysis.

Setting: Major health maintenance organisation (3.

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Background: The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the western world has increased dramatically.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of routine childhood obesity screening by primary physicians in the pediatric population in Israel and the utilization of health services by overweight children.

Methods: The electronic medical records of children aged 60-83 months registered in 39 pediatric primary care centers between January 2001 and October 2004 (n=21,799) were reviewed.

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Objectives: The purpose of this work was to use the comprehensive computerized database of Clalit Health Services to analyze the prevalence and contributing factors of anemia among the population of Clalit Health Services-insured Israeli infants aged 9 to 18 months, characterized by ethnic sector.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study for the year 2003 using the computerized database of Clalit Health Services for 34,512 infants aged 9 to 18 months insured by the Clalit Health Services sick fund. Children with abnormal white blood counts at the time of the hemoglobin test and with chronic diseases were excluded.

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