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Routine evaluation of dyssynchrony in pediatric patients with cardiac disease is feasible using standard and novel echocardiographic techniques. The extent of cardiac dyssynchrony and its influence on cardiac function differs between groups of…
In this study, two central tenets of the Sensitization-Homeostasis Model (SHM) will be tested. The first tenet is that the liability of developing nicotine dependence derives from nicotine*s ability to stimulate neural pathways responsible for…
Aim of this study is to measure the effect of the child-parent intervention *Samen Stevig Staan* in decreasing the problem behavior of youngsters with MID. A secondary aim is to investigate the influence on this relation of several child- and…
The aims of the study are 1) to upgrade an existing GA protocol based on inertial system(developed at the INAIL Prostheses Centre in collaboration with the University of Bologna) in terms offinding out which calibration procedures result suitable to…
Objectives: The following trial objectives for adult patients with plasma therapy-resistantAtypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) are to:Primary:• Assess the effect of eculizumab to reduce thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) asindicated by…
Analyze the protective effect of fluticasone furoate, through reduction of allergic rhinitis, against exercise induced airway obstruction.
- To educate adolescents on clinical drug studies by involving them as project team members and participants in an intervention trial of negligible risk and minimal burden; - To investigate the CNS effects of caffeine on neurocognitive and…
The aim of this study is to gather insights in experiences and perceptions related to daily activities in adolescents with musculoskeletal chronic pain. Attention will be paid to anxiety and catastrophizing thoughts about pain and its consequences.
To test the surgical feasibility of the less invasive percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation system for the treatment of children with a so called "hypotonic" scoliosis. Additionally, postoperative pain reduction and a reduced hospital…
a. analysis of the usefulness of new molecular biological techniques in the diagnostic process of short stature, especially the detection of small chromosomal anomalies.b. identification of genetic factors causing short stature or influencing the…
The main objective of the study is to reach an etiological diagnosis in as many cases of a selected group of MR patients. The aim is to do so in at least 15-20% of hitherto unexplained MR.Also an objective is the establishment of a genetic-…
1. To assess the long-term outcomes of the PATHS intervention in terms of symptoms of behavioral and emotional problems at ages 9, 10, 11, 12 years, and in terms of number of DSM-IV clinical diagnoses (age 12 years), cases of school failure (…
To assess the efficacy of treatment with monochloroacetic compared to treatment with cryotherapy regarding patients with handwarts and compared to combination therapy (salicylic acid and cryotherapy) regarding patients with plantar warts.WARTS-1 has…
Functional treatment with a brace and early physiotherapy will result in improved Kujala scores (reflecting better functional outcome with less pain) and SF-36 scores (reflecting higher quality of life) at 1 year compared with plaster immobilization…
Aim: Is the Bifidobacterium breve effective in the treatment of childhood constipation.
The objectives of this proposal are1. to compare the effects and costs of two intensive one-year interventions in severely obese children and adolescents of which the first six months are different with respect to the length of hospitalization;…
To determine effect of early (re) vaccinations after the current intensive chemotherapy for ALL. We will determine if there is a difference in respons to conjugated (T cell dependent) and polysaccharide (T cell independent) vaccines. This may result…
The first objective is to determine the effects of neonatal GC treatment on basal behavioral and neuropsychological measures, emotion and motor development during adolescence. The second objective is to study basal physiological parameters in ex-…
First, to develop a diagnostic method for non-infectious uveitis in childhood. Second, to analyze iris and ciliary body tissues of children with uveitis on the presents of inflammatory infiltrate. The results of this study will contribute in the…
The aim of this study is 1. to compare scarformation in two different operative protocols in a prospective manner of children who undergo sternotomy because of cardiologic disease. 2. to differentioate scar pain from sternotomy pain. 3. to estimate…