pediatrics

Onychophagia, many children and adolescents engage in this behaviour. To encourage them to stop, psychologists advise parents to explain the risks to them

About blood cell: your body produces white blood cells (leukocytes), which help fight bacterial infections, viruses and fungi

A rare genetic disease, it affects 1 in 5,000 newborn boys. Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes progressive degeneration of muscles. There is currently no cure

Acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis (GNA) is the most common of the nephritis affecting children. It is most frequent after the third year of life

Pediatric brain tumors are masses or growths of abnormal cells that occur in a child's brain or the tissue and structures that are near it

SanFilippo Syndrome is also known as mucopolysaccharidosis type 3A, and consists of an alteration in the functioning of certain cells called lysosomes: these are responsible for the breakdown and disposal of various substances

Intra-articular injections are used to treat inflammatory processes affecting the joints. To limit pain they are always performed under sedation

Acute liver failure is a dangerous disease that causes liver malfunction. It may heal or require, in cases with a more severe course, a liver transplant

Malnutrition and paediatrics: obesity and overweight in children are major health problems in our country and a danger to children's future health

Non-ossifying fibroma is the most common bone tumour in children, usually causing no symptoms and requiring no treatment. It is benign and heals spontaneously