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Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress News

The Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia addresses medical trauma in the lives of children and families. 

When a Headache Lasts for Months

Jul 8, 2013

New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a descriptive diagnosis for a headache that is constant from the start and lasts for at least 3 months. NDPH is a subtype of chronic daily headache, which occurs in at least 1.5% of children.

Pink Eye Goes Awry

Jul 1, 2014

Read a case study from the Division of Ophthalmology about pink eye, the detection of herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and the recurrence of HSV keratitis in children.

What is Apraxia?

Nov 4, 2013

CAS is a neurologically-based speech disorder in which there is a disruption in the motor planning for speech production, typically without muscle weakness.

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