Objectives: Crohn disease (CD) can affect patient's quality of life (QOL) with physical, social, and psychological impacts. This study aimed to investigate the QOL of children with CD and its relationship with patient and disease characteristics.
Methods: Children ages from 10 to 17 years with diagnosed CD for more than 6 months were eligible to this cross-sectional study conducted in 35 French pediatric centers.
Introduction: In order to limit the risk of food allergies, it is recommended to begin complementary feedings for infants between the ages of 4 and 6 months old. The objective of this study is to describe how complementary feedings are carried out until the age of 1 year old and to analyze criteria, especially socio-economic, that influence compliance with recommendations.
Methods: This observational and descriptive quantitative study lasted from November 21st, 2016 to February 21st, 2017 and took place in 10 doctor's offices around the city of Saint-Etienne.
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is rare in children, with most if not all cases occurring as part of syndromic conditions such as cystic fibrosis and Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Here we report two cases, both presenting with severe EPI around 5 months of age. Characterized by diffuse pancreatic lipomatosis, they otherwise exhibited no remarkable deficiencies in other organs.
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December 2016
Congenital short-bowel syndrome (CSBS) is a rare neonatal pathology associated with poor prognosis and high mortality rate. We describe a newborn presenting CSBS intestinal malrotation and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome (CIPS), compound heterozygous for two previously unreported heterozygous mutations in Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor-like membrane protein (CLMP) gene, one in intron 1 (c.28+1G>C), the other on exon 4 (c502C>T, p.
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