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Dr. Eyal Ben-Isaac is a Professor, Clinical Pediatrics (Educational Scholar) in the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the Univesity of Southern California and is a practioner at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
This article includes a discussion of cerebral hypotonia, central hypotonia, essential hypotonia, benign congenital hypotonia, and floppy infant.
In 2010, the American Association of Poison Control Centers reported that 50% of all human exposures occurred in children under the age of 6 years. Household cleaning substances are the third most frequent exposure in children, accounting for 116,000 ingestions per year
Toe Walking is defined as the failure of the heel to contact the floor at the onset of stance during the gait cycle, resulting in a bilateral toe to toe gait.
If you have a truly difficult child, you may have wondered if he could behave the way he does and still be “normal.”
Although overall rates of bacterial pneumonia have been declining in children, the incidence of complications such as parapneumonic effusions and empyema has increased.
Transient synovitis is an acute self-limited inflammation of the hip joint synovium that can cause hip pain and limp in children...
Not every pink macule is a hemangioma-when a correct diagnosis is the basis of effective treatment. Vascular anomalies are a very...
Infectious Mononucleosis, also called “mono,” is a contagious disease. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the most common cause of infectious...
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator gene...
Spinal deformities are one of the most common causes of referral to a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. There are many false stereotypes...
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