Belgian Journal of Paediatrics

Current Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2025)

Published July 7, 2025

The Belgian Journal of Paediatrics (BJP) is the official journal of the Belgian Academy of Paediatrics and publishes peer reviewed original articles, review articles, short communications, case reports and images on all aspects of paediatrics. You can find our latest issue here. If you consider your manuscript suitable for publication by the BJP you can find all information on submission here.

Full Issue

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Editorial

Christophe Chantrain, Marc Raes

Back to the Future …

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Marjolein Mattheij, Patrick Schlesser

Guest Editors' Editorial

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Theme issue articles

Oliver Berthold, Ulrike Hoffmann, Jörg M. Fegert, Anna Eberhardt

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Child Maltreatment - The Important Interface Between Healthcare and Child Protection Services

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Marjolein A.C. Mattheij, Eline De Smet, Frederik Bosmans, Filip M. Vanhoenacker, Jonathan Van Baekel, Wouter Karst, Koenraad G. Monsieurs

84-86

The Radiological Investigation of the Skeleton in Suspected Non-Accidental Injury in Children – A Practical Guide for the Skeletal Survey

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Emmanuel de Becker, Julia Lemberger

89-92

Partnership Envelope: a Therapeutic Dimension Relevant in Situations of Abuse

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Marie-Béatrice Vanderpas, Stéphanie Culot, Jean-François Simon, Noémy Gerard, Ingrid Thomas

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Multidisciplinary Assessment and Intervention in Sibling Maltreatment: Report of 4 Sibling Cases

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Michèle Loop, Audric Bonane, Dominique Hermans, Emmanuel de Becker, Delphine Jacobs

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Love is not Enough… The Need for Adapted Parenting

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Sophie Bosteels, Wouter A. Karst, Marjolein A.C. Matteij

115-117

Vulvar Lesions in a 5-Year-old Girl

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Child Advocacy

Ann De Guchtenaere, Jeroen Verlinden

114-115

The Paediatrician: The Bridge between Help, Safety and Trust in a Family in the Event of (Suspected) Child Abuse or Neglect

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Research articles

Agnese Vicari, Yoann Marechal, Christian Debauche

116-122

Short Term Mortality and Morbidity in Extremely Preterm Babies Born before 27 Gestational Weeks: Comparison between Two Birth Cohorts (1999-2003 and 2010-2016) in a Belgian Third Level NICU

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Levi Hoste, An Spiessens, Lieve Nuytinck, Eva Degraeuwe, Laura Persijn, Annelies De Maré, Daphné Christiaens, Mark Turner, Karel Allegaert, Nicolas Deconinck, Marie-Françoise Dresse, Anne Smits, Stijn Verhulst, Johan Vande Walle, Ann Raes

125-130

The Belgian Pediatric Clinical Research Network (BPCRN): Pediatric Trial Facilitation During and Beyond Conect4children

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Victoria Collet, Benedetta Chiodini, Elise Hennaut, Karim Khelif, Stephane Luyckx, Khalid Ismaili

132-135

Posterior Urethral Valves: The Spectrum of Radiological and Clinical Presentations

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Case reports

Emma Daeninck, Peter Aerssens

137-138

Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy with Bulbar Symptoms- Case report

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Anneleen Beerten, Brecht Mullebrouck, Thomas Mangodt, Katrien Romaen, Anna Jansen, Jaques Van Heerden, Sven Dekeyzer

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Acquired Torticollis as Presentation of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Two Contrasting Cases

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Anna Cynthia van Breugel, Jutte van der Werff ten Bosch, Benson Ogunjimi, Sofie Ryckx, Greta Stevens

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A Seven-Month-Old Girl with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Secondary to Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. A Case Report

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Chloé Parulski, Alex Fortun, Claire Geurten, Sonia Taib, Nadège Hennuy, Emilie Bourcy, Ghali Sqalli , Patrick Collins, Radouan Harkati , Nicolas Hougardy , Joan Somja

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Blueberry Muffin Syndrome in a Newborn: A Case Report of Transient Extramedullary Hematopoiesis

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Insights

Marie Hallin, Emmanuelle Boishardy, Kathleen Commers, Hugues Malonne, Françoise Mambourg, Arnaud Marchant, Marc Struelens, Stefan Teughels, David Tuerlinckx, Magali Steenkiste, Pierre Smeesters

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Vaccination as a Tool to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Opportunities in Belgium