Since being instated in 1998, there has been a near 30% drop in NTD occurrences.
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Gadabutrol (Gadavist) has been approved by the FDA as an MRI-contrast agent for patients aged 2 and younger.
Case study describes neurologic regression in otherwise healthy 8-year-old.
An abnormality in the hippocampus was more prominent in infants that died of SIDS than those with explained causes of death.
Children often required a feeding tube and over 50% became blind or legally blind.
Risk factors increase epilepsy incidence in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy treated with therapeutic head cooling.
An adult stroke tool was not sensitive or specific for childhood ischemic stroke.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may affect about 5% of U.S. children
