Volume 10 - Issue 10 - October 2011

Consultant for Pediatricians

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ROLI AGRAWAL, MD and SARAH KIZILBASH, MD
Dr Agrawal is a radiology resident and Dr Kizilbash is a general pediatrician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

WILLIAM YAAKOB, MD—Series Editor
Dr Yaakob is a radiologist in Tallahassee, Fla.

ROLI AGRAWAL, MD and SARAH KIZILBASH, MDDr Agrawal is a radiology resident and Dr Kizil...
<p>A 5-month-old girl is brought for evaluation of a neck swelling that had appeared 2 days earlier and had progressively enlarged. She has also had cough and subjective fever. She has had no...
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ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor
Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series EditorDr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at ...
<P>A 6-year-old girl with painful oral lesion. The pain intensified when she ate or drank anything sour or salty. She had similar painful lesions in the oral cavity before. No history of...
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JOHN W. HARRINGTON, MD
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Dr Harrington is associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va. He is also a member of the editorial board of Consultant For Pediatricians.

JOHN W. HARRINGTON, MDEastern Virginia Medical SchoolDr Harrington is associate profess...
<p><span>A recent article from </span>Hallmayer and colleagues<sup>1</sup> has reinvigorated the debate about whether autism has significant environmental...
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Labial fusion occurs most commonly in preschool girls between 3 months and 4 years of age.
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Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC––Series Editor
Alberta Children’s Hospital

Dr Barber is a consultant dermatologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital and clinical associate professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.

Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC––Series Editor Alberta Children’s Hospital Dr Barber is a consu...
<p>This 13-week-old boy is brought for evaluation of a “birthmark” on his right buttock. The mother describes the lesion as a bluish mottling of the skin that worsens with crying. She is also...
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SANJEEV TULI, MD, JANE MELLOT, MD, and SONAL TULI, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Fla

SANJEEV TULI, MD, JANE MELLOT, MD, and SONAL TULI, MD University of Florida College of ...
<p>For the past 2 weeks, a 13-year-old African American girl had fever and blisters on her lips. Two days earlier, a rash appeared under her arm and on her face.</p>
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Timothy Haley, Md And Robert P. Blereau, Md Morgan City, La 

Timothy Haley, Md And Robert P. Blereau, Md Morgan City, La 
<p>During the evaluation of a 15-year-old boy with an injury to the right foot, an unexpected radiographic finding was noted. </p>
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D. Brady Pregerson, MD

D. Brady Pregerson, MD
<P>This 6-year-old boy was born with a closed right eye that opened halfway by 5 months of age. His parents noticed that he had decreased sweating over the right side of his face and forehead above...
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GOLDER N. WILSON, MD, PhD
VIJAY S. TONK, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Dr Wilson is professor of pediatrics and obstetrics & gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo and Lubbock (Pediatrics). He is also a member of Consultant For Pediatricians’ editorial board. Dr Tonk is professor of pediatrics pathology, obstetrics & gynecology; fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics; and director of the genetic program and cytogenetics laboratory at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock.

GOLDER N. WILSON, MD, PhDVIJAY S. TONK, PhDTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center...
<p>Beyond the crucial role of screening for autistic behaviors is the opportunity for the pediatrician to help explain genetic findings or diagnoses and integrate this information into the medical...
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