Gender disparity in pediatrics: a review of the current literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender-based medicine is an innovative branch of biomedical research and represents a new perspective for the future of health research. Many studies have been published on gender medicine in adults but very few data regarding children are available.

Literature search and results

A literature search covering articles published between 1stJuly, 2006 and 1st February, 2017 and concerning children only was conducted using multiple keywords and standardized terminology in Pubmed database. The search was limited to English-language publications. All relevant articles on endocrines, neurological, psychiatric, gastrointestinal, immunological, oncological, rheumatic, pneumological disorders, infectious diseases and analgesia were evaluated and pertinent articles were incl

SUBMITTER: Piccini P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5748940 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature