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Every person on your child’s team has the same goal: to give your child the best possible care. Our highly skilled team includes medical experts in each step of the transplant process. We also offer nutrition counseling, emotional support, financial counseling and more.

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New Study Seeks to Preserve Kidney Function in Children with CKD

Dec 28, 2021

CHOP's Preserving Kidney Function in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (PRESERVE) study was recently awarded funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). PRESERVE is a three-year, multi-institutional clinical trial evaluating blood pressure management and urine protein monitoring strategies to preserve kidney function in pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

Coping with a Dual Diagnosis

Dec 20, 2021

Parents are usually blindsided when they find out that their child has congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), a rare genetic disorder that depresses blood sugar to dangerously low levels.

Rare Pair: HI and Kabuki Syndrome

Dec 20, 2021

Low blood sugar is one of the symptoms of Kabuki syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects multiple systems in the body but can be tricky to diagnose.

Jill Biden with a little girl at Karabots

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits CHOP

Dec 17, 2021

On Friday, December 3, 2021, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited our Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pediatric Care Center, where she met with families whose children had recently received the COVID-19 vaccine.

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