HEMATURIA   Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria 5% of school aged children on single test but < 1% on repeated testing ...

NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS   defective closure of caudal neural tube in fourth week gestation tovarying degrees spina bifida occulta :...

excessive accumulation of CSF associated with progressive ventricular dilatation pathophysiology/etiology increased produc...

nonprogressive central motor impairment syndrome due to prenatal/perinatal events (trauma, lesions, metabolic abnormalities anomalies o...

o most common cause of seizure in children o 3-5% of all children, M > F Criteria   age 6 months - 6 years thou...

Childhood Epileptic Syndromes Infantile spasms   onset 4-8 months brief, repeated contractions of neck, trunk and extrem...

FISTULA IN ANO     usually associated with anorectal abscess; could indicate IBD  an inflammatory tract with internal os at ...

HEMORRHOIDS   Etiology   anal cushions, vascular and connective tissue complexes, become engorged forming hemorrhoids proposed ...

DOWN SYNDROME     in humans, the most common abnormality of autosomal chromosomes trisomy 21 80-90% nondisjun...

3/100 infants are born with a congenital defect, many are associated with a degree of developmental disability  genetic disorders ...