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Clinical and molecular genetic characteristics of pediatric PFIC3 patients: three novel variants and prognosis for parental liver transplantation
Pediatric Transplant 5 min.
PFIC3 is a rare recessive liver disorder that falls within the category of Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC). PFIC is a spectrum of inherited disorders of intrahepatic cholestasis, arising from various genetic mutations. The global incidence of PFIC is estimated to be between 1 in 100,000 and...
Characterization of emergency department visits in pediatric patients within first year of liver transplantation: ten years experience in tertiary care center
Pediatric Transplant 6 min.
Liver transplant is one of the major advances in medicine and one of the most performed surgeries in transplant. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the first liver transplant was performed in 1991. However, pediatric liver transplant didn’t start until 1997, trailed by adult living donor transplant...
The effect of fecal microbial transplantation in a pediatric patient after 28 episodes of febrile urinary tract infection
Pediatric Transplant 2 min.
Recurrent fUTIs represent a significant clinical challenge, frequently resulting in multiple hospitalizions and extensive medical interventions. Furthermore, recurrent fUTIs may lead to significant consequences such as renal scarring, arterial hypertension, and progressive CKD [1]. All of these features...
Anti-thymocyte globulin combined with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide reduce graft-versus-host disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for pediatric leukemia
Pediatric Transplant 1 min.
This retrospective analysis evaluated the use of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) with or without post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis in children with acute leukemia undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The study included 57...
