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With the using a binary logistic regression analysis, a representative model it was constructed that allows in 80,7 % of cases to predict the risk of developing bronchial asthma in children of early and preschool age with recurrent wheezing and an initially low Asthma Predictive Index (API) in school age with a high discriminatory ability (AUC = 0,901).

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The article describes a clinical example of iron deficiency anemia in an adult patient, taken from the outpatient practice of a hematologist. The given clinical case reflects not only the diversity of the course of the disease, but also the difficulties in interpreting the results of the study

The article describes clinical examples of growth retardation in children and adolescents of various origins, taken from the case histories of patients who were examined in the endocrinology department of the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital in the city of Astrakhan from 1994 to 2017. These clinical cases are a striking example of the variety of causes of growth retardation in children. It is necessary to direct pediatricians and other specialists to an earlier start of examination of children with short stature, since not only the prognosis of the patient's final growth, but also the patient's life, may depend on timely differential diagnosis and the correctly chosen therapeutic tactics.