Transitioning patients with pediatric disease to adulthood

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 04/27/2008 - 23:00

(Indiana University) Twenty to 30 years ago it was not unusual for children with serious congenital or developmental conditions to die before reaching adulthood.

Thanks to research driven medical care, today thousands of these children transition to adulthood every year.

With adulthood comes new challenges both to themselves and to their caregivers.

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