Institute of Child and Mother Health

Dried Blood Spot-Based Monitoring of Dietary Treatment in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Inherited Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism: A Four-Year Pilot Study

Background: Regular biochemical monitoring is essential for the safe and effective dietary treatment of inherited disorders of amino acid metabolism. However, conventional venous blood sampling may limit monitoring frequency and increase the burden on families. This study evaluat...

Stereotypes about tourette syndrome and associations with social media use: results from a large-scale german population survey

Abstract Misunderstandings about tic disorders are common in both the media and the genreal public. However, no large-scale population-based study has investigated public knowledge and stereotypes about tic disorders. We conducted such a survey about knowledge and stereotypes abo...

Latent tuberculosis infection shapes gut microbiome and immune-metabolic interactions in people living with HIV

The silent presence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) increases the annual risk of tuberculosis (TB) reactivation by 3%–16%. Although gut dysbiosis is well documented in HIV, microbiome alterations associated with LTBI in PLHIV remain poorl...