Purpose Bloodstream infections in pediatric hematology and oncology represent a major
problem worldwide, but this has not been studied in Qatar. In this study, we investigated the …

Background Little is known about childhood ALL in the Middle East. This study was
undertaken by MECCA as initial efforts in collaborative data collection to provide clinical and …

Opsoclonus–myoclonus–ataxia‐syndrome (OMS) represents a rare neuroblastoma‐associated
paraneoplastic syndrome that commonly results in neurologic deficits despite tumor …

A 9-month-old girl presented with massive bilateral diffuse nephroblastomatosis. After
response to actinomycin D and vincristine over a period of 1 year, the nephroblastomatosis …

OBJECTIVE: To find out incidence of seizure recurrence and its risk factor after the first
unprovoked attack in children below 12 years of age. METHODS: A prospective study was carried …

Sotos syndrome is a rare congenital disorder that is associated with various malignancies,
including acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphomas. The NSD1 gene haploinsufficiency …

Glanzmann thrombasthenia is a rare disorder, due to quantitative and/or qualitative abnormalities
of the platelet integrin αIIbβ 3 and/or αIIbβ3. Although it is considered a rare disorder …

Objective: To find the pattern of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)(acute/chronic) and
to describe presenting features and clinical characteristics of the disease in children below …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, major challenges are facing pediatric cancer centers regarding
access to cancer centers, continuity of the anti-cancer therapy, hospital admission, and …

In pediatric and adolescent patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation,
treatment-related toxicities remain a clinical challenge. A paucity of data investigates the …