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The Middleman Family Pavilion at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, CHOP’s second hospital, opened at the end of January 2021. We are thrilled to offer area families the family-centered care CHOP is known for closer to their homes.
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New research has identified several new clinical considerations and provides guidance for proper diagnosis and management of very rare disease.
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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a complex multisystem overgrowth and cancer predisposition disorder that affects about 1 in 10,000 live births.
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The partnership between her doctors at The Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at CHOP and her local medical team in California is keeping Alina healthy and allowing her to be a typical toddler. However, her beginning was anything but typical.
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The Jan. 13 issue of Science magazine looks at Pediatric Geneticist Jennifer Kalish's work with imprinting errors in genes, the rare diseases they cause and links to cancer.
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Jaylene was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a rare genetic condition. She had a near-total pancreatectomy at 9 weeks old.
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An infant with hyperinsulinism (HI) and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) faces unique challenges with oral feeding.