Meta-Analysis of Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Combined with Minoxidil for Androgenetic Alopecia.

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a prevalent type of hair loss that impacts individuals of both genders. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and minoxidil have been employed as therapeutic interventions for AGA, yet the efficacy of their concurrent use remains ambiguous.

Objective: To perform a comprehensive review and meta-analysis aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in combination with minoxidil for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (AGA).

Mental health and psychosocial problems among laboratory technicians in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hebei, China.

Objective: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an increased mental burden has been widely reported among medical health workers such as physicians and nurses. However, data on laboratory technicians exposed to COVID-19 have rarely been published. The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of psychological symptoms among laboratory technicians and analyze potential risk factors associated with these symptoms.

[Seasonal influence on the diagnosis of food allergy in children less than 3 years of age].

Objective: To investigate the seasonal influence on the diagnosis of food allergy in children under 3 years of age.

Method: The data of epidemiological studies about food allergy of children under 3 years of age attending routine well-baby checks at the Department of Primary Child Care, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in the winter and summer, 2009, including questionnaires, results of skin prick test (SPT), food elimination and oral food challenge (OFC) were analyzed. All the data were analyzed by SPSS 17.

[Research advance in assessment of nutritional status of children].

Malnutrition is not a simple disease, which occurs in the condition when the body does not get the right amount of nutrients to maintain healthy tissues and organ functions. Malnutrition generally refers both to undernutrition and overnutrition, but usually it is used to refer solely to a deficiency of nutrition. Infants and young children are the most vulnerable because of their high nutritional requirements for growth and development.

[Immune state in lung of BALB/c mice with ovalbumin allergy and the effects of fulvotomentoside on lungs of mice].

Objective: To investigate immune state in lung of BALB/c mice with ovalbumin (OVA) allergy and the effects of fulvotomentoside (Ful) on lungs of the mice and provide some clues for the mechanism that patients with food allergies were prone to asthma and observe the effects of the treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.

Method: Ninety-six female BALB/c mice were randomly divided into 6 groups. Mice in group 1 and group 2 were sensitized intraperitoneally and challenged intragastrically with OVA and were exposed to phosphate buffer solution and OVA respectively by nebulized inhalation.

[Changes of anterior fontanel size in children aged 0 - 2 years].

Objective: To study the development of anterior fontanel(AF) in children less than 2 years of age.

Method: The size of AF of the children under 2 years of age was measured. The criteria were: (1) All the children were singletons and term (37 weeks ≤ gestational age ≤ 40 weeks) at birth, birth weight > 2500 g.

[Prevalence of food allergy in children under 2 years of age in three cities in China].

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and clinical features of food allergy in children aged 0 - 2 years.

Method: From January to February, 2009 and January to May, 2010, all well-infants and young children between the age of 0 and 2 years attending routine health visits at the Department of Primary Child Care, in Chongqing, Zhuhai and Hangzhou were invited to participate in the study. Parents completed questionnaires and all children were skin prick tested (SPT) to a panel of 10 foods (egg white, egg yolk, cow's milk, soybean, peanut, wheat, fish, shrimp, orange and carrot).

[Assessment and management of rotation and angulation of lower limbs in children].

Most rotational and angulational variations in young children are benign and resolved spontaneously. However, they may cause great concerns to parents. In order to provide a deliberate assessment and management of lower limb rotational and angulational problems, it is necessary for pediatricians to understand the normal variations of lower limb development in healthy children combined with the features of child growth and development and detail physical examinations.

[Evaluation of therapeutic effects of three hypoallergenic formulae in infants with cow's milk protein allergy].

Objective: To compare the growth and symptom remission of infants with cow's milk protein allergy, who were fed with an amino acid formula, an extensively hydrolyzed formula or soy formula.

Method: Infants who were diagnosed as cow's milk protein allergy and can not be breastfed were enrolled in the intervention group, and were assigned to three special formulae (amino acid formula, extensively hydrolyzed formula or soy formula ) according to the will of parents from March 2009 to March 2010 (n = 74). A non-randomized control group was made up of age-matched healthy children (n = 21).

[Diagnostic capacity of skin prick test in egg and cow's milk allergic infants].

Objective: Mean diameter is the most common used parameter for wheal response assessment after skin prick test. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic capacity of mean diameter according to the outcome of oral food challenge, and to determine the cut-off points that could render food challenges unnecessary.

Method: Data of 173 children referred to the Division of Primary Child Health Care for the evaluation of suspected food allergy were prospectively studied.

[Effects of fulvotomentoside on inflammatory factors and antiinflammatory factors in intestine of ovalbumin-sensitized BALB/c mice].

Objective: To investigate the effects of fulvotomentoside (Ful) on inflammatory factors and antiinflammatory factors in intestine of ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized BALB/c mice, and to explore the mechanisms of its anti-food allergy effect.

Method: Twenty-four female BALB/c mice aged 6 weeks fed with ovalbumin-free feed were randomly divided into 3 groups, food allergy (FA) group, Ful group and normal saline (NS) group. Mice in FA and Ful groups were sensitized intraperitoneally two times with OVA and challenged intragastrically with OVA.

[Analysis of influential factors of infant acceptance of new complementary food].

Objective: To investigate the process to accept the new complementary food, by infants and to analyze the influential factors.

Method: A total of 105 infants were enrolled in this study. Early infant temperament questionnaires were answered by the mothers.

[Effect of maternal iron status on infant's iron level: a prospective study].

Objective: To investigate the effect of maternal iron levels in second trimester of pregnancy on the infants' early iron status, explore the relationship between maternal and infant's iron status, and analyze the main factor influencing anemia of the infants.

Methods: Totally 100 couples of mother-baby were followed up from the second trimester of the mothers' pregnancy till the babies were 3 - 5 months old in the Department of Primary Child Care from March 2006 to February 2007. The maternal venous blood samples were collected in the second and the third trimesters and were analyzed for Hb at the same time.