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St. Louis Children's Hospital explains how the fetus develops in the mother's womb and how the mother gives birth to the fetus after approximately 9 months. ...

The Rett Spectrum Clinic a specialty clinic designed to care for and support children with Rett Syndrome and Rett Related Disorders including MECP2 duplications, CDKL5, and FOXG1. ...

Outpatient therapy at St. Louis Children’s Hospital takes place in our state-of-the-art therapy gym. In order to treat children of all ages with a variety of medical diagnoses and developmental concerns, we offer innovative treatments in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Our experienced therapists are ...

Chickenpox is a common childhood disease. It causes an itchy, blistering rash and is easily spread to others. ...

ITP is a blood disorder that causes a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. Platelets help stop bleeding. So, a decrease in platelets can result in easy bruising, bleeding gums, and bleeding inside the body. ...

Scarlet fever is an infectious disease that causes a rash. It’s also known as scarlatina. It is caused by the same kind of bacteria that cause strep throat. It may also be caused by infected wounds or burns. The rash is made up of tiny ...

Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, is a problem with the tongue that is present from birth. It causes speech and eating problems in some children. Tongue-tie is different in each child, and a small number of babies born each year have tongue-tie. ...

Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is a type of mental health problem. A child with SAD worries a lot about being apart from family members or other close people. The child has a fear of being lost from their family or of something bad occurring to ...

Washington University neurosurgeons at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are among the first in the nation to use an MRI-guided, high-intensity laser probe to permanently destroy (ablate) brain tissue responsible for causing seizures. ...

An upper respiratory infection is another way of saying that a person has a cold. A cold is a minor infection of the nose and throat. During normal breathing, air travels through the nose, down the trachea or windpipe, and into smaller and smaller airways ...