METHODS: Families of children 4 to 6 years of age with obesity were recruited from 68 child
care centers in Stockholm County and randomly assigned to a parent-only program (10 …

Background While obesity has been shown to be difficult to treat in school aged children and
in adolescence, promising results have been detected for children who started treatment in …

Background: Systemic glucocorticosteroid therapy is effective in Crohn's disease, but is
associated with side‐effects. Budesonide has high topical anti‐inflammatory activity, but …

Mucosal Na, K-ATPase activity was studied in rectal biopsy specimens from 19 children with
ulcerative colitis (UC)(mean age, 13 years) and 4 children with Crohn's colitis (mean age, 14 …

Faecal bile acid excretion and intestinal transit time were studied in 18 children with
inflammatory bowel disease in clinical remission and with normal stools: 16 with ulcerative …

During a 12‐year period, 46 children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease
were followed from the time of diagnosis with regular biochemical tests of liver function …

Aim: To investigate the link between H. pylori infection and dyspepsia in children, and
association with reflux oesophagitis. Patients and Methods: H. pylori status was detected by …

Most existing treatments of eating disorders (ED) produce a period of remission that is short
lived and expressed in fewer than 50% of the patients. Antidepressants (eg, selective …

ABSTRACT A serum immunoglobulin G enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for Helicobacter pylori
antibodies already in use in adults was evaluated with 99 pediatric serum samples to …

4 children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura were treated with high dose iv IgG.
Platelet associated immunoproteins were determined with an Elisa technique. Platelet …