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PEDIATRICS , *TEENAGERS , *MEDICINE , *HYPERTHYROIDISM , *TERATOGENIC agents , *VACCINATION - Abstract
The article presents the summaries of papers related to pediatrics and adolescent medicine. In an estimated 0.2% of pregnancies, women have thyrotoxicosis that requires therapy. The most commonly used antithyroid drugs cross the placenta and reports of possible teratogenic effects of methimazole and carbimazole have been appearing since the 1970s. Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine has not been recommended for the general population because of its relatively poor immunogenicity and short-lived protection. A new protein-conjugated vaccine, Menactra, developed for use against the same four serogroups, A, C, Y, and W-1 35 was approved for use in adolescents in January 2005.
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- 2005