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Pediatric Health
Topics
- Adolescent Sexual Activity
- Childhood Leukemia
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Child Abuse & Neglect Research
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Pediatric Cardiomyopathy
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Pediatric Cancer
- Spina Bifida
- Childhood Injury
- Underage Drinking
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Childhood Obesity
- Teenage Pregnancy
- Conditions Affecting the Embryonic & Fetal Periods
- Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
- Infant Mortality
- Preterm, Low Birth Weight & Health of the Newborn
- Unintentional Childhood Injury
- Youth Violence
- Youth Violence Prevention
The Pediatric Research Area includes research on congenital and developmental health conditions that originate during the embryonic period to age 21. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and other NIH Institutes and Centers fund research in this area.