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Hemostasis & Thrombosis Program Connecticut Children’s Hemostasis & Thrombosis Program provides compassionate care to children and adults with bleeding and clotting disorders. We treat the whole person and their family through comprehensive care coordination of all the medical and psychosocial aspects of Eating Disorder Clinical Pathway Eating disorders are increasingly prevalent in pediatrics and represent a complex interaction between medical and psychiatric manifestations. The need for a standardized approach is critical, due to the high risk of the condition (eating disorders have the highest mortality of
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Urology At Connecticut Children’s, our board-certified urologists evaluate, diagnose and treat a wide range of urinary and genital conditions in children of all ages, from reconstructive surgery for disorders such as exstrophy, cloacal exstrophy and hypospadias to tumors of the kidney Article
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