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  • The global retinoblastoma outcome study : a prospective, cluster-based analysis of 4064 patients from 149 countries 
    Alia, Donjeta B.; Tandili, Alketa; Paiva, Luisa; Wime, Amelia D.C.; Chantada, Guillermo L.; Fandiño, Adriana C.; Sgroi, Mariana; Chantada, Guillermo L.; Papyan, Ruzanna; Tamamyan, Gevorg; Camuglia, Jayne E.; Clark, Antony; Lam, Geoffrey C.; Elder, James E.; McKenzie, John D.; Staffieri, Sandra E.; Jones, Michael M.; Manudhane, Rebecca; Sia, David; Ritter-Sovinz, Petra; Schwab, Christoph; Balayeva, Ruhengiz; Khan, Zohora; Nuruddin, Murtuza; Roy, Soma R.; Rashid, Riffat; Sultana, Sadia; Islamia, Ispahani; Shakoor, Shawkat A.; Naumenko, Larisa; Zhilyaeva, Katsiaryna; Bartoszek, Paulina; Brichard, Benedicte G.; De Potter, Patrick; Alfa Bio, Amadou I.; Salas, Beatriz; Suarez, Maria Estela Coleoni; Mbumba, Freddy B.; Bonanomi, Maria Teresa B.C.; Macedo, Carla R. Donato; Grigorovski, Nathalia D.A.K.; Mattosinho, Clarissa C.D.S.; Teixeira, Luiz F.; Oscar, Alexander H.; Veleva-Krasteva, Nevyana V.; Bouda, Gabrielle C.; Kabore, Rolande L.; Philbert, Remezo; Evina, Ted Grimbert A.; Nkumbe, Henry E.; Kamsang, Pius; Muyen, Okwen M.; Dimaras, Helen; Mallipatna, Ashwin; Hamel, Patrick; Superstein, Rosanne; Paton, Katherine E.; Strahlendorf, Caron; Kosh Komba Palet, Jess Elio; Tyau-Tyau, Harba; Cavieres, Isabel; Lopez, Juan P.; Oporto, Joaquin; Ossandon, Diego; Chen, Wensi; Xiang, Daoman; Du, Yi; Li, Kaijun; Ji, Xunda; Tang, Jing; Li, Cairui; Xu, Bing; Qian, Jiang; Xue, Kang; Sun, Xiantao; Wang, Yi-Zhuo; Zhang, Yi; Wu, Si-qi; Xiao, Yishuang; Yang, Huasheng; Ye, Huijing; Polania, Rodrigo A.; Berete, Rokia C.; Couitchere, Line; Peric, Sanja; Alemany-Rubio, Ernesto; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Liudmira; Autrata, Rudolf; Kepak, Tomas; Pochop, Pavel; Svojgr, Karel; Gregersen, Pernille A.; Urbak, Steen F.; Montero, Margarita M.; Budiongo, Aleine; Yanga, Jenny M.; Kabesha Amani, Theophile B.; Lukamba, Robert M.; Numbi, Marcel N.; Jara, Doris A. Calle; Chafla, Edwin G. Villacis; Sanchez, Gissela L.; Abouelnaga, Sherif; Afifi, Mahmoud A.; Elhaddad, Alaa M.; Ali, Amany M.; Elzembely, M.; Said, Azza M.A.; Ziko, Othman A.O.; Fuentes-Alabi, Soad L.; Goenz, Marco A.; Eerme, Katrin; Klett, Artur; Hordofa, Diriba F.; Mengesha, Aemero A.; Sherief, Sadik T.; Kivela, Tero T.; Nummi, Kalle; Cassoux, Nathalie; Desjardins, Laurence; Obono-Obiang, Ghislaine; Kardava, Tamar; Khotenashvili, Zaza; Bechrakis, Nikolaos E.; Biewald, Eva M.; Schluter, Sabrina; Ketteler, Petra; Amankwaa-Frempong, Doreen; Essuman, Vera A.; Paintsil, Vivian; Renner, Lorna A.; Alejos, Amanda; Giron, Ana V.; Carreras, Yvania Alfonso; Fu, Ligia D.; Maldonado, Carlos; Wong, Emily S.; Yam, Jason C.; Csoka, Monika; Maka, Erika; Aggarwal, Priyanka; Gupta, Vineeta; Bhaduri, Anirban; Bhattacharyya, Arpita; Das, Anirban; Chawla, Bhavna; Das, Pranab; Das, Sima; Gupta, Himika; Gupta, Sanjiv; Verma, Nishant; Kaliki, Swathi; Khetan, Vikas; Maitra, Puja; Mahajan, Amita; Menon, Vikas; Mishra, Divyansh K.C.; Palanivelu, Mahesh Shanmugam; Ramanjulu, Rajesh; Mudaliar, Sangeeta S.; Gopinathan Nair, Akshay; Natarajan, Sundaram; Nair, Akshay Gopinathan; Seth, Rachna; Singh, Usha; Bhat, Sunil; Dudeja, Gagan; Tripathy, Devjyoti; Akib, Indonesia Marliyanti N.R.; Amiruddin, Primawita O.; Kuntorini, Mayasari W.; Armytasari, Inggar; Supriyadi, Eddy; Sutyawan, I. Wayan Eka; Yuliawati, Putu; Lutfi, Delfitri; Soebagjo, Hendrian D.; Rahman, Ardizal; Sitorus, Rita S.; Victor, Andi A.; Tehuteru, Edi S.; Widiarti, Widiarti; Nency, Yetty M.; Faranoush, Mohammad; Mehrvar, Azim; Tashvighi, Maryam; Sedaghat, Ahad; Ghassemi, Fariba; Khodabande, Alireza; Abdulqader, Rula A.; Al-Shaheen, Athar A.S.M.; Al Ani, Mouroge H.; Haydar, Huda; Al-Badri, Safaa A.F.; Al-Jadiry, Mazin F.; Sabhan, Ahmed H.; Al-Jumaily, Usama; Al-Mafrachi, Ali A.R.M.; Al-Shammary, Entissar H.; Al-Janabi, Allawi N. Hussein; Qadir, Ali O.; Capra, Michael; Blum, Sharon; Gomel, Nir; Fabian, Ido Didi; Goldberg, Hila; Kapelushnik, Noa; Madgar, Shiran; Vishnevskia-Dai, Victoria; Frenkel, Shahar; Pe’er, Jacob; Gorfine, Malka; Refaeli, David; Steinberg, David M.; Lavy, Yotam; Toledano, Helen; Caspi, Shani; De Francesco, Sonia; Hadjistilianou, Theodora; Ida, Russo; Valente, Paola; Midena, Edoardo; Midena, Edoardo; Parrozzani, Raffaele; Cowan-Lyn, Kristin E.; Vaughan, Leon O.; Suzuki, Shigenobu; Mohammad, Mona T.; Yousef, Yacoub A.; Manzhuova, Lyazat; Atsiaya, Rose; Matende, Ibrahim O.; Begimkulova, Ainura S.; Makimbetov, Emil K.; Keomisy, Jonny; Sayalith, Phayvanh; Valeina, Sandra; Viksnins, Maris; Al-Haddad, Christiane E.; Saab, Raya H.; Alsawidi, Khalifa M.; Elbahi, Amal M.; Krivaitiene, Dalia; Tateshi, Bekim; Randrianarisoa, Hoby Lalaina; Raobela, Lea; Msukwa, Gerald; Nyirenda, Chinsisi; Hamzah, Norhafizah; Teh, Kok Hoi; Sylla, Fatoumata; Traore, Fousseyni; Sidi cheikh, Sidi; Zein, Ekhtelbenina; Perez, Graciela Gonzalez; Orozco, Alma Janeth Sanchez; Ortega-Hernández, Miriam; Ramirez-Ortiz, Marco A.; Chuluunbat, Tsengelmaa; Abdallah, Elhassan; Benmiloud, Sarra; El Kettani, Asmaa; Hessissen, Laila; Almeida, Argentino A.; Limbu, Ben; Rajkarnikar, Purnima; Saiju, Rohit; Moll, Annette C.; Van Hoefen Wijsard, Milo; Cockcroft, Ruellyn L.; Ng, Yvonne; Dodgshun, Andrew J.; Calderon-Sotelo, Patricia; Abdullahi, Shehu U.; Hassan, Sadiq; Umar, Ali B.; Abdulrahaman, Aminatu A.; Wali, Amina H.; Ademola-Popoola, Dupe S.; Adio, Adedayo; Aghaji, Ada E.; Ezegwui, Ifeoma R.; Akinsete, Adeseye; Musa, Kareem O.; Fasina, Oluyemi; Ibanga, Affiong; Nkanga, Elizabeth D.; Mustapha, Tajudeen; Ribadu, Dahiru; Hummelen, Marlies; Ahmad, Alia; Mushtaq, Asma; Qayyum, Seema; Chaudhry, Shabana; Fadoo, Zehra; Jeeva, Irfan; Masud, Sidra; Hamid, Syed A.; Zia, Nida; Hassan, Shadab; Siddiqui, Sorath Noorani; Khaqan, Hussain A.; Quintero D, Karina; Yee, Roberto I.; Jairaj, Vivekaraj; Cano, Miriam R.; Fernandez, Delia D.P.G.; Coronado, Rosdali Y. Díaz; Lopez, Arturo M. Zapata; Garcia, Juan L.; Ponce, Jimena; Pacheco, Henry N. Garcia; Morales, Claudia R. Pascual; Anchaya, Jacqueline Karina Vasquez; Leiva, Fanny F. Tarrillo; Alcasabas, Ana Patricia A.; Mercado, Gary John V.; Cieslik, Krzysztof; Hautz, Wojciech; Rogowska, Anna; Castela, Guilherme; Silva, Sonia; Jo, Dong Hyun; Kim, Jeong Hun; Comsa, Codruta; Dragomir, Monica D.; Neroev, Vladimir; Saakyan, Svetlana; Polyakov, Vladimir; Ushakova, Tatiana L.; Yarovaya, Vera A.; Yarovoy, Andrey A.; Theophile, Tuyisabe; Al Mesfer, Saleh; Maktabi, Azza; Al-Dahmash, Saad A.; Alkatan, Hind M.; Moreira, Claude; Roth, Paule Aida Ndoye; Ilic, Vesna R.; Nikitovic, Marina; Latinovic, Slobodanka; Quah, BoonLong; Tan, Deborah; Hederova, Stanislava; Husakova, Kristina; Groznik, Alenka Lavric; Pompe, Manca Tekavcic; Davidson, Alan; Du Bruyn, Magritha; Du Plessis, Johannes; Stones, David K.; Geel, Jennifer A.; Myezo, Khumo H.; Kruger, Mariana; Mayet, Ismail; Naidu, Gita; Naidu, Natasha; Mustak, Hamzah; Reynders, David; Wetter, Julie; Portabella, Silvia Alarcon; Martin-Begue, Nieves; Dod, Charlotte Wolley; Balaguer, Julia; Barranco, Honorio; Catala-Mora, Jaume; Chantada, Guillermo L.; Llano, Maria G. Correa; Fernandez-Teijeiro, Ana; Aldana, David Garcia; Calvo, Jesus Peralta; Pacheco, Sonsoles San Roman; Gunasekera, D. Sanjeeva; Elhassan, Moawia M.A.; Mohamedani, Ahmed A.; All-Eriksson, Charlotta; Bartuma, Katarina; Popovic, Maja Beck; Munier, Francis L.; Liu, Chun-Hsiu; Chiwanga, Faraja S.; Kyara, Alice; Mndeme, Furahini G.; Msina, Mchikirwa S.; Scanlan, Trish A.; Atchaneeyasakul, La-ongsri; Buaboonnam, Jassada; Dangboon, Wantanee; Singha, Penny; Hongeng, Suradej; Kulvichit, Kittisak; Rojanaporn, Duangnate; Surukrattanaskul, Supawan; Wangtiraumnuay, Nutsuchar; Wiwatwongwana, Atchareeya; Wiwatwongwana, Damrong; Wongwai, Phanthipha; Sharma, Manoj K.; Guedenon, Koffi M.; Bouguila, Hedi; Atalay, Hatice T.; Hasanreisoglu, Murat; Gündüz, Ahmet K.; Kebudi, Rejin; Kiratli, Hayyam; Ko~, Irem; Tuncer, Samuray; Unal, Emel; Kalinaki, Abubakar; Matua, Marchelo; Waddell, Keith; Musika, Anne A.; Ssali, Grace; Al Harby, Lamis; Reddy, M. Ashwin; Astbury, Nicholas J.; Bascaran, Covadonga; Bowman, Richard; Burton, Matthew J.; Fabian, Ido Didi; Foster, Allen; Zondervan, Marcia; Bowman, Richard; Sagoo, Mandeep S.; Bobrova, Nadia; Sorochynska, Tetyana; Lysytsia, Lesia; Castillo, Luis; Afshar, Armin R.; Berry, Jesse L.; Kim, Jonathan W.; Randhawa, Jasmeen K.; Binkley, Elaine; Boldt, H.C.; Larson, Scott A.; Brennan, Rachel C.; Chandramohan, Arthika; Stacey, Andrew W.; Corson, Timothy W.; Plager, David A.; Davanzo, Jacquelyn M.; Singh, Arun D.; Demirci, Hakan; Ericksen, Connor; Magrath, George N.; Gold, Aaron S.; Murray, Timothy G.; Gonzalez, Efren; Shah, Ankoor S.; Hansen, Eric D.; Hartnett, M. Elizabeth; Harbour, William; Hubbard, G. Baker; Uner, Ogul E.; Laurenti, Kelly D.; Mets, Marilyn B.; Leverant, Amy A.; Ramasubramanian, Aparna; Luna-Fineman, Sandra; Miller, Audra; Skalet, Alison H.; Mruthyunjaya, Prithvi; Hassan, Muhammad; Oliver, Scott C .; Shields, Carol L.; Yaghy, Antonio; Stahl, Erin D.; Wilson, Matthew W.; Villegas, Victor M.; Islamov, Ziyavuddin; Usmanov, Rustam H.; Graells, Jaime; Romero, Livia; Pham, Chau T.M.; Trang, Doan L.; Al-Hussaini, Hamoud H.Y.; Thawaba, Abdullah Dahan M.; Muma, Kangwa I.M.; Nyaywa, Mutale (Elsevier, 2022-08-23)
    BACKGROUND : Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular cancer worldwide. There is some evidence to suggest that major differences exist in treatment outcomes for children with retinoblastoma from different regions, but ...
  • Global retinoblastoma presentation and analysis by national income level 
    Fabian, Ido Didi; Abdallah, Elhassan; Abdullahi, Shehu U.; Global Retinoblastoma Study Group; Reynders, David; Schoeman, Judy (American Medical Association, 2020-02-27)
    IMPORTANCE : Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma, the most common intraocular cancer, can save both a child’s life and vision. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that many children across the world are diagnosed late. To ...
  • Growth in HIV-infected children on long-term antiretroviral therapy 
    Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Van Bruwaene, Lore; Becker, Piet J.; Kruger, Mariana (Wiley, 2016-05)
    OBEJECTIVES : To describe growth in HIV‐infected children on long‐term antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to assess social, clinical, immunological and virological factors associated with suboptimal growth. METHODS : This ...
  • Guest editorial 
    Green, Robin J.; Mustafa, Fatima (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2020-10)
    The year 2020 is almost a bygone. What a year it’s been for medical science and healthcare! We have all been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, each in our own way. Most congresses have been cancelled and international travel ...
  • A guide to performing skin-prick testing in practice : tips and tricks of the trade 
    Coetzee, Odette; Green, Robin J.; Masekela, Refiloe (South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2013)
    Atopy can manifest in childhood as infantile eczema (atopic dermatitis), allergic rhinitis and asthma. In practice, it is critical to identify the offending allergen in atopic individuals. This will not only influence ...
  • Guideline for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of paediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia 
    Morrow, B.M.; Argent, A.C.; Jeena, Prakash M.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-04)
    OBJECTIVE: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been poorly studied in South Africa, but is likely to be a significant problem, with resulting increased morbidity and mortality in the paediatric intensive care unit ...
  • Guideline for the management of chronic asthma in children - 2009 update 
    Motala, C.; Green, Robin J.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Potter, Paul; Zar, Heather J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-12)
    OBJECTIVE: To revise the guideline for the diagnosis and management of chronic asthma in children in view of the following considerations: the existing South African Childhood Asthma Working Group (SACAWG) guideline was ...
  • The gut microbiome and the brain 
    Lamb, Gregory V.; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2017-06)
    The enteric nervous system and the central nervous system are no longer viewed as being separate entities. They are connected to each other by the vagal nerve which allows for bi-directional communication between cells ...
  • Have we learnt anything from COVID-19, and can we put it to good use in the future? 
    Green, Robin J.; Mustafa, Fatima (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-10)
    We are not quite 6 months into the pandemic lockdown in South Africa (SA), and our caseload and mortality are finally declining. SA has been spared the severe implications of significant hospitalisations and deaths seen ...
  • Health-related quality of life in mucopolysaccharidosis : looking beyond biomedical issues 
    Hendriksz, Christian J.; Berger, Kenneth I.; Lampe, Christina; Kircher, Susanne G.; Orchard, Paul J.; Southall, Rebecca; Long, Sarah; Sande, Stephen; Gold, Jeffrey I. (BioMed Central, 2016-08-26)
    The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) comprise a heterogeneous family of rare, genetic lysosomal storage disorders that result in severe morbidity and reduced life expectancy. Emerging treatments for several of these disorders ...
  • Healthcare resource use and costs of managing children and adults with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency at a tertiary referral centre in the United Kingdom 
    Guest, Julian F.; Ingram, Andy; Ayoub, Nadia; Hendriksz, Christian J.; Murphy, Elaine; Rahman, Yusof; McKiernan, Patrick; Mundy, Helen; Deegan, Patrick (Public Library of Science, 2018-02-02)
    OBJECTIVE : To estimate clinical progression and resource utilisation together with the associated costs of managing children and adults with LAL Deficiency, at a tertiary referral centre in the UK. METHODS : A retrospective ...
  • Healthcare without borders : a cross-sectional study of immigrant and nonimmigrant children admitted to a large public sector hospital in the Gauteng province of South Africa 
    Janse van Rensburg, Gerhard H.; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Makin, Jennifer; Le Clus, Nanya; Avenant, Theunis Johannes (Public Library of Science, 2021-03)
    BACKGROUND: Human migration is a worldwide phenomenon that receives considerable attention from the media and healthcare authorities alike. A significant proportion of children seen at public sector health facilities in ...
  • Healthcare-associated infections drive antimicrobial prescribing in pediatric departments at three academic hospitals in South Africa 
    Chetty, Terusha; Pillay, Ashendri; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Reddy, Tarylee; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Moore, David P.; Karsas, Maria; Cloete, Jeane; Archary, Moherndran; Van Kwawegen, Alison; Thomas, Reenu; Nakwa, Firdose Lambey; Waggie, Zainab; Magrath, Stephanie; Jeena, Prakash (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2023-08)
    BACKGROUND : The prevalence of antimicrobial prescriptions for healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in South Africa is largely unknown. This study aimed to estimate the point prevalence of pediatric antibiotic and ...
  • Hepatitis A virus seroprevalence in South Africa - estimates using routine laboratory data, 2005–2015 
    Mazanderani, Ahmad Haeri; Motaze, Nkengafac Villyen; McCarthy, Kerrigan; Suchard, Melinda; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie (Public Library of Science, 2019-06)
    INTRODUCTION : South Africa is considered highly endemic for hepatitis A virus (HAV) although few seroprevalence studies have been conducted over the past two decades. The World Health Organization recommends integrating ...
  • Hereditary angioedema - how is this managed in preparation for pregnancy? 
    Jeevarathnum, A.C.; Van Niekerk, Andre; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2018-12)
    Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare disease that is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. The hallmark of the disease is the development of spontaneous and recurrent episodes of angioedema. Importantly, these ...
  • Heterotaxy syndrome : this is the left, right? 
    Huang, Lili; Mitchell, Belinda J.; Andronikou, Savvas; Lockhat, Zarina I.; Suleman, Farhana Ebrahim (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-12-09)
    Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare and complex disorder of the chest and abdominal organ arrangements, and presents a diagnostic challenge to the radiologist. This article describes the morphological characteristics of ...
  • The hidden Niemann-Pick type C patient : clinical niches for a rare inherited metabolic disease 
    Hendriksz, Christian J.; Anheim, Mathieu; Bauer, Peter; Bonnot, Olivier; Chakrapani, Anupam; Corvol, Jean-Christophe; De Koning, Tomas J.; Degtyareva, Anna; Dionisi-Vici, Carlo; Doss, Sarah; Duning, Thomas; Giunti, Paola; Iodice, Rosa; Johnston, Tracy; Kelly, Dierdre; Klünemann, Hans-Hermann; Lorenzl, Stefan; Padovani, Alessandro; Pocovi, Miguel; Synofzik, Matthis; Terblanche, Alta J.; Then Bergh, Florian; Topçu, Meral; Tranchant, Christine; Walterfang, Mark; Velten, Christian E.; Kolb, Stefan A. (Taylor and Francis, 2017-03)
    BACKGROUND : Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease of impaired intracellular lipid trafficking. Clinical symptoms are highly heterogeneous, including neurological, visceral, or ...
  • HIV-related bronchiectasis in children : an emerging spectre in high tuberculosis burden areas 
    Masekela, Refiloe; Anderson, Ronald; Moodley, Teshni; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Becker, Piet J.; Green, Robin J. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012-01)
    BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children have an eleven-fold risk of acute lower respiratory tract infection. This places HIV-infected children at risk of airway destruction and bronchiectasis. OBJECTIVE: ...
  • How are countries in sub-Saharan African monitoring the impact of programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV? 
    Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Singh, Yagespari; Jackson, Debra; Mukungunugwa, Solomon; Wafula, Rose; Eliya, Michael; Ng’ambi, Wingston Felix; Nabitaka, Linda; Chirinda, Witness; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Essajee, Shaffiq; Hayashi, Chika; Pillay, Yogan (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
    Vertical transmission of HIV can occur during pregnancy, delivery, or through breast feeding. The main driver of vertical transmission is a high maternal viral load. Between 2002 and 2016, low and middle income ...
  • How ready are our health systems to implement prevention of mother to child transmission Option B+? 
    Nkomo, Palesa; Davies, Natasha; Sherman, Gayle; Bhardwaj, Sanjana; Ramokolo, Vundli; Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Noveve, Nobuntu; Ramraj, Trisha; Magasana, Vuyolwethu; Singh, Yages; Nsibande, Duduzile Faith; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (2015-10-07)
    In January 2015, the South African National Department of Health released new consolidated guidelines for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ...