2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The ...

1 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Since screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) was incorporated into the newborn screening program, the number of recognised variants in ...

Next generation sequencing (NGS), massively parallel or deep sequencing are related terms that describe a DNA sequencing technology which has revolutionised genomic research. Using NGS an entire human ...

Correspondence to Dr J Bryan Carmody, Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk VA 23507, USA; james.carmody{at}chkd.org ...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a highly prevalent virus, transmitted via saliva, which often causes asymptomatic infection in children but frequently results in infectious mononucleosis in adolescents.

Correspondence to Dr Andrew James McArdle, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK; andrew.mcardle{at}gmail.com Proteomics is the study of a large number of ...

Enterovirus (EV) is the most common cause of aseptic meningitis and has a benign course, unlike EV encephalitis, which can result in long-term neurological sequelae. There are no active treatments or ...

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare condition where intracranial hypertension is found in the context of normal brain parenchyma and no mass lesion, ventriculomegaly, underlying ...

Burns are a relatively common injury in children accounting for over 50 000 emergency department attendances each year. An estimated 1 in 10 of these are due to maltreatment. These may present in the ...

Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charlie B R Fairhurst, Department of Paediatric ...

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common single cause of viral encephalitis in infants and children. Treated or untreated, it can be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, ...

Correspondence to Dr Manish Prasad, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; m.prasad{at}nhs.net Paroxysmal non-epileptic events (PNEs) refer to episodic ...