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How Spina Bifida Affects Child Development, and How It’s Treated
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Overview Spina bifida is a spine condition that is usually found at birth. The term translates to “split spine,” and what happens is a part of the neural tube fails to develop correctly. Though the severity differs from case to case, this disease can cause problems with the spinal cord,…
Understanding Childhood Cancer: All You Need to Know About Wilms Tumor
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Overview Wilms Tumor, or nephroblastoma, is a type of cancer that is almost always found in children. For the most part, this disease only affects one kidney, but occasionally affects both. This is the most common type of kidney cancer, and makes up 6% of all childhood cancer cases. It…
What You Need to Know: Pediatric Radiologists
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Overview Pediatric radiology is a very unique and special type of radiology. This is because they usually get to work with the whole body as general radiologists do. However, since they work with children, they often look for different things. This is because there are some diseases that appear mostly…