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Introduction
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Bacterial Infections
Introduction
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Symptoms
Diagnosis and Prognosis
Prevention and Treatment
Retropharyngeal Abscess
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Rheumatic Fever
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Behavioral and Developmental Problems in Young Children
Introduction
Bed-Wetting
Treatment
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Sleep Problems
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Hirschsprung's Disease
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Bone Disorders
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Chondromalacia Patellae
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Osteopetroses
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Prognosis and Treatment
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Cerebral Palsy (CP)
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Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment
Childhood Cancers
Introduction
Brain Tumors
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Diagnosis
Treatment
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Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
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Prognosis and Treatment
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Prognosis and Treatment
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Prognosis and Treatment
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Diagnosis
Treatment
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Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
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Introduction
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Diagnosis
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Female Genital Mutilation
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Introduction
Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21; Trisomy G)
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Cystic Fibrosis
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Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
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Diagnosis
Treatment
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Introduction
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Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Causes
Treatment
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Causes
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention
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Symptoms
Diagnosis
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Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Meckel's Diverticulum
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
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Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Introduction
Communication Disorders
Diagnosis
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Causes
Symptoms
Screening and Diagnosis
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Diagnosis
Treatment
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Diagnosis and Treatment
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Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
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Diagnosis
Treatment
Eye Disorders in Children
Introduction
Amblyopia
Causes
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Strabismus
Hereditary Connective Tissue Disorders
Introduction
Cutis Laxa
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Prognosis and Treatment
Marfan Syndrome
Prognosis and Treatment
Osteochondrodysplasias
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Treatment
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
Prognosis and Treatment
Hereditary Metabolic Disorders
Introduction
Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Prevention and Treatment
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Homocystinuria
Tyrosinemia
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Glycogen Storage Diseases
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Galactosemia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Prognosis and Treatment
Disorders of Pyruvate Metabolism
Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
Gaucher's Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
Niemann-Pick Disease
Fabry's Disease
Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders
Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes
Introduction
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
PFAPA Syndrome
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Symptoms and Complications
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Learning and Developmental Disorders
Introduction
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment
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Rett Syndrome
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
Learning Disorders
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Dyslexia
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Mental Health Disorders
Introduction
Anxiety Disorders in Children
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Panic Disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Social Phobia
Bipolar Disorder in Children (Manic-Depressive Illness)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Childhood Schizophrenia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Conduct Disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Depression in Children
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Somatoform Disorders in Children
Diagnosis
Treatment
Suicidal Behavior in Children
Risk Factors
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment
Tic Disorders
Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability
Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and Prognosis
Treatment
Neurologic Disorders in Children
Introduction
Neurofibromatosis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Seizures in Children
Febrile Seizures
Treatment
Infantile Spasms
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Tuberous Sclerosis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Introduction
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Breastfeeding
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First Few Days
Initial Care
Physical Development
Physical Examination
Preventive Health Care Visits
Promoting Optimal Development
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Preschool and School-Aged Children
Introduction
Intellectual Development
Physical Development
Preventive Health Care Visits
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Problems in Adolescents
Introduction
Behavioral Problems
Contraception and Adolescent Pregnancy
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Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Tobacco
Other Substances
Obesity
School Problems
Short Stature
Problems in Infants and Very Young Children
Introduction
Apparent Life-Threatening Event (ALTE)
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Bowel Problems
Failure to Thrive
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Feeding Problems
Fever
Causes and Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
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Rashes
Separation Anxiety
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Teething
Undescended and Retractile Testes
Problems in Newborns
Introduction
Anemia in the Newborn
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Apnea of Prematurity
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis
Prevention and Treatment
Hyperbilirubinemia
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Large for Gestational Age (LGA)
Symptoms and Complications
Treatment
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis
Prevention and Treatment
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
Causes
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Pneumothorax
Diagnosis and Treatment
Polycythemia in the Newborn
Postmaturity
Symptoms
Treatment
Prematurity
Causes
Symptoms
Prognosis
Prevention
Treatment
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Prevention and Treatment
Sepsis in the Newborn
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment
Small for Gestational Age (SGA)
Thyroid Disorders in the Newborn
Hypothyroidism in the Newborn
Hyperthyroidism in the Newborn
Transient Tachypnea
Respiratory Disorders in Children
Introduction
Asthma in Children
Risk Factors
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis and Prevention
Treatment
Bacterial Tracheitis
Bronchiolitis
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment
Croup
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Social Issues Affecting Children and Their Families
Introduction
Adoption
Childcare
Divorce
Foster Care
Illness and Death in Infants
Illness in Children
Viral Infections
Introduction
Central Nervous System Infections
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment
Chickenpox
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention
Prognosis and Treatment
Erythema Infectiosum
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
Transmission of Infection
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention
Prognosis
Treatment
Measles
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis
Prevention
Treatment
Mumps
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis
Prevention
Treatment
Polio
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention
Prognosis and Treatment
Respiratory Tract Infections
Symptoms and Complications
Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Roseola Infantum
Rotavirus Infection
Rubella
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE)
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment
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