Horacio Lejarraga

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Country: Argentina

Publications

  1. ncbi [Heritability and environment in normal and abnormal development]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 108:532-7. 2010
  2. ncbi [Genetics of development and behaviour]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 108:331-6. 2010
  3. ncbi [A non invasive method for assessing sexual development at adolescence]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 107:423-9. 2009
  4. ncbi [Growth references for weight and height for Argentinian girls and boys from birth to maturity: incorporation of data from the World Health Organisation from birth to 2 years and calculation of new percentiles and LMS values]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Arch Argent Pediatr 107:126-33. 2009
  5. ncbi [The development of the ethical thinking in children and the teaching of ethics in pediatrics]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 106:422-8. 2008
  6. ncbi [PRUNAPE: screening for psychomotor development problems at primary care level]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital de Pediatria Prof Dr J P Garrahan, Ciudad de Buenos Aires
    Arch Argent Pediatr 106:119-25. 2008
  7. ncbi Long-term growth of children with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Department of Growth and Development, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Pediatr Nephrol 23:2007-12. 2008
  8. ncbi Screening for developmental problems at primary care level: a field programme in San Isidro, Argentina
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:180-7. 2008
  9. ncbi Short-term growth in head circumference and its relationship with supine length in healthy infants
    Silvia Caino
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital de Pediatria Prof Dr J P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ann Hum Biol 37:108-16. 2010
  10. ncbi Growth in post-viral chronic lung disease
    Mariana Del Pino
    Growth and Development, Garrahan Hospital, Combate de los Pozos 1881 1245, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Eur J Pediatr 165:845-9. 2006

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Publications17

  1. ncbi [Heritability and environment in normal and abnormal development]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 108:532-7. 2010
    ..Paradoxically, quantitative genetics can make a significant contribution to knowledge on the influence of environment on human development...
  2. ncbi [Genetics of development and behaviour]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 108:331-6. 2010
    ..The rests is attributable to the influence of environment. The influence of genetics on development should be considered as a trend, a risk, rather than a programmed fate...
  3. ncbi [A non invasive method for assessing sexual development at adolescence]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 107:423-9. 2009
    ..Observational assessments of puberty that invades the adolescent's privacy are not acceptable for research in population groups. Results based on self assessment have been variable, and in many cases poor...
  4. ncbi [Growth references for weight and height for Argentinian girls and boys from birth to maturity: incorporation of data from the World Health Organisation from birth to 2 years and calculation of new percentiles and LMS values]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Arch Argent Pediatr 107:126-33. 2009
    ..We think the new references represent an improvement in the assessment of growth in our country...
  5. ncbi [The development of the ethical thinking in children and the teaching of ethics in pediatrics]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan
    Arch Argent Pediatr 106:422-8. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi [PRUNAPE: screening for psychomotor development problems at primary care level]
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital de Pediatria Prof Dr J P Garrahan, Ciudad de Buenos Aires
    Arch Argent Pediatr 106:119-25. 2008
    ..The fact that there are now 96 children with developmental disorders under treatment, supports the validity of the screening procedure implemented...
  7. ncbi Long-term growth of children with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Department of Growth and Development, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Pediatr Nephrol 23:2007-12. 2008
    ..Height gain during the first 2 years of follow-up was inversely associated with height deficit at diagnosis. Further studies on growth at adolescence and in different mutations are recommended...
  8. ncbi Screening for developmental problems at primary care level: a field programme in San Isidro, Argentina
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:180-7. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Short-term growth in head circumference and its relationship with supine length in healthy infants
    Silvia Caino
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital de Pediatria Prof Dr J P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ann Hum Biol 37:108-16. 2010
    ..32-12.99 years, we found that growth is a tri-phasic process: stasis, steep changes (or saltation) and continuous growth. There is very little information in the literature about daily changes in head circumference...
  10. ncbi Growth in post-viral chronic lung disease
    Mariana Del Pino
    Growth and Development, Garrahan Hospital, Combate de los Pozos 1881 1245, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Eur J Pediatr 165:845-9. 2006
    ....
  11. ncbi Growth references for height, weight, and head circumference for Argentine children with achondroplasia
    Mariana Del Pino
    Growth and Development, Pediatric Garrahan Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Eur J Pediatr 170:453-9. 2011
    ..CONCLUSION: references presented here can also be used in other countries with similar ethnographics characteristics...
  12. ncbi Assessment of head size adjusted for height: an anthropometric tool for clinical use based on Argentinian data
    Catherine L Saunders
    Growth and Development, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ann Hum Biol 33:415-23. 2006
    ..00 when the HC to height ratio was evaluated. Results suggest that the prepared standard may be of clinical utility. CONCLUSIONS: A new standard is proposed, capable of pinpointing children with relative macrocephaly...
  13. ncbi Short-term growth in healthy infants, schoolchildren and adolescent girls
    Silvia Caino
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ann Hum Biol 33:213-26. 2006
    ..However, many aspects related to this process still remain controversial, for example, the continuity or discontinuity of the daily changes and the degree of existence of age differences in growth patterns...
  14. ncbi Psychomotor development in Argentinean children aged 0-5 years
    Horacio Lejarraga
    Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 16:47-60. 2002
    ..The information is useful in helping paediatricians in their daily practice for surveillance of development, as baseline information for epidemiological studies on development in our country and for cross-cultural analysis...
  15. ncbi High specificity of head circumference to recognize N540K mutation in hypochondroplasia
    Virginia Fano
    Service of Growth and Development, Hospital J P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ann Hum Biol 32:782-8. 2005
    ..3% and specificity of 100% for detecting HCH patients with the mutation. All of them had a HC greater than 1.86?SD. These results contribute to a better characterization of the clinical-molecular relationships in HCH...
  16. ncbi Mortality risk score in liver transplantation: changes over time in its predicting power
    Mariana Del Pino
    Growth and Development, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Pediatr Transplant 10:466-73. 2006
    ..The description of a method utilized to design the risk score, changes in mortality rate over 12 yr and the analysis of factors that might have influenced these changes are presented and discussed in this paper...
  17. ncbi [Beta thalassemia major in Argentina]
    Feliu Aurora Torres
    Servicio de Hematología Oncología, Hospital de Pediatria Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Combate de los Pozos 1881, 1245 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Medicina (B Aires) 62:124-34. 2002
    ..We conclude that beta thalassemia major, originated mainly from Italian immigrants, has a cumbersome treatment and is severely hindered by the lack of adequate economic resources in our patients...