Frontiers in Pediatrics

OCT 12, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Extensive vertebral compression fractures as the initial manifestation of childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia despite limited peripheral blood abnormalities: a case report

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Background Musculoskeletal manifestations may appear before hematologic abnormalities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), making diagnosis difficult. Extensive vertebr

SEP 23, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

An interpretable machine-learning model identifies obesity-related metabolic complications in children attending a tertiary obesity clinic

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Childhood obesity-related metabolic complications are common in Northwest China, yet region-specific evidence and risk-stratification tools are lacking. In a single-visit cross-sec

SEP 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Exercise intervention for children with acute leukemia: a best evidence summary

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Background Acute leukemia (AL) is the most common malignancy in childhood. Despite significant improvements in survival rates, long-term high-intensity chemotherapy often leads to

SEP 14, 2026 · REVIEW

Meridian-based traditional Chinese medicine interventions for supportive care in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background Meridian-based traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) interventions are increasingly used as adjunctive approaches to manage treatment-related toxicities in children, adoles

SEP 11, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Associations between fat-soluble vitamin status, growth, and development in Chinese children aged 3–14 years: a cross-sectional study

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Cross-sectional observational study establishing reference data and associations in a single geographic region; hypothesis-generating findings on vitamin K and precocious puberty that cannot establish causation and require prospective validation.

SEP 9, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Obesity definition by percentage of body fat compared to body mass Index in a kidney transplant transition clinic

Frontiers in Pediatrics

A small, single-centre descriptive comparison of two obesity classification methods in a specific transplant population, with a primary finding (BMI possibly overestimating obesity) that did not reach statistical significance and requires confirmation.

SEP 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Grand challenge: building a digitally enabled one health future for pediatric infectious diseases

Frontiers in Pediatrics

A narrative expert consensus and framework paper outlining One Health principles and digital transformation priorities for pediatric infectious disease practice, rather than reporting original research evidence.

AUG 18, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Serum phoenixin-14 shows no association with metabolic syndrome in children with obesity: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Small cross-sectional study with a null primary finding in a novel biomarker; design and execution are sound but the negative result in a limited sample does not yet establish absence of association.