Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

Clinical note

Abdominal lymph nodal tuberculosis causing extrahepatic portal venous obstruction in an adolescent boy

Ankit Agrawal, Upasana Ghosh, Deeksha Bhalla

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2026.00941 [Accepted]

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The expanding phenotypic spectrum of PSTPIP1-associated inflammatory diseases: first Korean pediatric cases of familial PAPA and PAMI syndromes

Dahye Lee, Yun Young Choi, Seungbok Lee, Seong Heon Kim

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2026.03181 [Accepted]

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Original Article

Changes in patient concentration and accessibility across 5 Pediatric Emergency Departments in Daegu, Korea

Woo Bean Yang, Kyungmi Jang, Hee Joung Choi, Dong Won Lee, Jae Young Choe

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially altered Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) utilization. However, longitudinal changes across multiple PEDs after major policy transitions remain unclear.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate changes in utilization, patient distribution, accessibility to pediatric emergency care, and clinical characteristics across 5 participating PEDs in Daegu, Korea. Methods: This multicenter retrospective study analyzed 140,017 visits among patients aged <16 years between January 2019 and May...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2026.02054 [Accepted]

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Original article

Hepcidin and other obesity-related factors affecting BNT162b2 response in children and adolescents over a 6-month period

Anthie Damianaki, Antonios Marmarinos, Margaritis Avgeris, Dimitrios Gourgiotis, Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou, Marietta Charakida, Maria Tsolia, Lydia Kossiva

Background: Obesity causes chronic inflammation and metabolic dysregulation of the immune response and increases an individual's susceptibility to severe infection.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an increased body mass index (BMI), obesity-associated biomarkers, and habitual factors on immune responses following BNT162b2 vaccination in a pediatric population over a 6-month period. Methods: In this prospective, single-center cohort study, the...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2026.01298 [Accepted]

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Review Article

Atherogenic lipid profile changes and their cardiovascular consequences across degrees of obesity in children and adolescents: a structured narrative review

Ashraf Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Alaaraj, Noor Hamed, Shayma Ahmed, Rasha Amin

Childhood and adolescent obesity is strongly associated with an atherogenic lipid profile and silent cardiovascular injury that begins early and evolves over time. In this structured review, we synthesized PubMed-indexed evidence from the past 25 years on lipid profile changes in children and adolescents with varying degrees of obesity— overweight, obesity, and severe obesity—and their cardiovascular consequences from childhood through young adulthood, as well as interventions that improve lipid...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2026.01739 [Accepted]

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