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A World of Hope
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In late April, the International Patient Services team welcomed CHOP’s 1,500th international patient, 22-month-old Abdulrahman Alotaibi.
X-Ray Elevates Diagnosis from Pneumonia to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
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Read a case study about a previously healthy 12-year-old boy presented to CHOP Urgent Care with fever and nonproductive cough.
The Newborn and Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program
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The Newborn and Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is one of the largest programs of its kind in the world.
A Case from the Ophthalmic Genetics Clinic at CHOP
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This is the case of a 15-year-old boy who had suffered night blindness since early childhood and had been clinically diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Rethinking Epilepsy Treatment
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An attending physician in The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Division of Neurology dedicates his current research to investigating how epilepsy works, in hopes of discovering an altogether new way to treat the condition.
When T Cells Cause Potentially Deadly Excessive Inflammation: Case Study
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A previously healthy 7-year-old male presented with a six-day history of fever, right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting and jaundice. Read the case study.
Expert Care for Thyroid Disorders
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Each year, The Pediatric Thyroid Center at CHOP evaluates approximately 200 new patients with thyroid nodules, performs more than 70 thyroid surgeries, and manages approximately 100 active cases of thyroid cancer.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Focuses on Improving Care
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Recently, researchers investigating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia led an international collaboration of researchers to discover multiple gene variants responsible for developing early-onset and adult-onset IBD.
CHOP Innovates Valve Replacement Procedure
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Interventional cardiologists at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have been performing a noninvasive procedure to replace a child’s pulmonary valve through a small incision in the groin.
Focal vs. Diffuse Patients: Comparing Outcomes
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Researchers at CHOP’s HI Center conducted a study comparing the clinical features, treatments and short-term outcomes of children with HI who underwent pancreatectomies.