Publications by authors named "Oana Man"

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  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the leading rheumatic disease in children, often causing chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) as a severe eye complication.
  • Risk factors for CAU include being young, female, having the oligoarticular form of JIA, and being ANA positive, while acute anterior uveitis (AAU) more commonly affects HLA-B27 positive boys.
  • Eye screenings should be done regularly for at-risk children, and treatments include topical steroids, systemic medications, and biological drugs like Adalimumab, with an interdisciplinary approach needed for effective management and monitoring.
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a complex condition caused by the destruction of pancreatic beta cells by autoimmune mechanisms. As a result, insulin deficiency and subsequent hyperglycemia occur. The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in the development of T1DM.

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Diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD) is based on well-established clinical criteria. In incomplete or atypical KD, the diagnosis is challenging, because of the paucity of clinical signs or because of the presence of clinical manifestations that generally are not seen in KD. We describe the case of a 3-year-old female patient with persistent high fever, vomiting, watery diarrhea, metabolic acidosis and severe hypopotassemia.

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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is an important cause of chronic malnutrition, secondary to maldigestion-malabsorption, which can be caused in children especially by cystic fibrosis, but also by other much rarer diseases. The case of a 6 months and 3 weeks old male pediatric patient is reported, who was admitted to the clinic for head and forearms bruising. Laboratory findings identified vitamin K deficiency as the cause of the cutaneous hemorrhagic syndrome.

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