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Whether you are a Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) member or a visitor, we are glad you came to explore our site. This home page will let you know what is currently going on at the SPP, what has been added to the site, what new Meetings and Events have been listed, and what new Position ads have been recently posted. The Paediatric Pathology Society (PPS) comprises our European colleagues.

What's New

	NEW!! Perspectives, Volume 28, Insights Into Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, and Volume 29, Soft Tissue Tumors in Children and Adolescents, can now be ordered online direct from Allen Press! Please click here to go to the Allen Press ordering page.
	Exciting fellowship opportunities still available for July 1, 2012!! Please click here to learn more.
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Journal Watch
An eclectic selection of two dozen potentially interesting articles from current journals*

*Click here for the current watch list of journals.

All articles are in print. Please click the PMID number at the end of each citation to see the abstract on PubMed.

DISCLAIMER: Articles are listed in this section for information purposes only. The SPP does not approve or endorse these articles, and the SPP is not responsible for their content.

	July 2011 Update
	Click here to download July 2011 Journal Watch list.
	Kure K, Lingamfelter D, Taboada E. Large multifocal cardiac myxoma causing the sudden unexpected death of a 2-month-old infant-a rapidly growing, acquired lesion versus a congenital process?: a case report. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2011 Jun;32(2):166-8. PubMed PMID: 21512386.
	Carpentier PA, Dingman AL, Palmer TD. Placental TNF-a Signaling in Illness-Induced Complications of Pregnancy. Am J Pathol. 2011 Jun;178(6):2802-10. PubMed PMID: 21641402.
	Hasselblatt M, Gesk S, Oyen F, Rossi S, Viscardi E, Giangaspero F, Giannini C, Judkins AR, Fr�hwald MC, Obser T, Schneppenheim R, Siebert R, Paulus W. Nonsense Mutation and Inactivation of SMARCA4 (BRG1) in an Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Showing Retained SMARCB1 (INI1) Expression. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun;35(6):933-935. PubMed PMID: 21566516.
	Applebaum MA, Worch J, Matthay KK, Goldsby R, Neuhaus J, West DC, Dubois SG. Clinical features and outcomes in patients with extraskeletal ewing sarcoma. Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;117(13):3027-32. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25840. Epub 2011 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 21692057.
	Wallace WH. Oncofertility and preservation of reproductive capacity in children and young adults. Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10 Suppl):2301-10. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26045. Review. PubMed PMID: 21523750.
	Hudson TJ. Cancer genome variation in children, adolescents, and young adults. Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10 Suppl):2262-7. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26049. Review. PubMed PMID: 21523744.
	Seidinger AL, Mastellaro MJ, Paschoal Fortes F, Godoy Assump��o J, Aparecida Cardinalli I, Aparecida Ganazza M, Correa Ribeiro R, Brandalise SR, Dos Santos Aguiar S, Yunes JA. Association of the highly prevalent TP53 R337H mutation with pediatric choroid plexus carcinoma and osteosarcoma in southeast Brazil. Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10):2228-35. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25826. Epub 2010 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 21192060.
	Thomson M, Liu SJ, Zou LN, Smith Z, Meissner A, Ramanathan S. Pluripotency factors in embryonic stem cells regulate differentiation into germ layers. Cell. 2011 Jun 10;145(6):875-89. PubMed PMID: 21663792.
	Chen C, Samuel TK, Sinclair J, Dailey HA, Hamza I. An Intercellular Heme-Trafficking Protein Delivers Maternal Heme to the Embryo during Development in C. elegans. Cell. 2011 May 27;145(5):720-31. PubMed PMID: 21620137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3104245.
	Autran D, Baroux C, Raissig MT, Lenormand T, Wittig M, Grob S, Steimer A, Barann M, Klostermeier UC, Leblanc O, Vielle-Calzada JP, Rosenstiel P, Grimanelli D, Grossniklaus U. Maternal epigenetic pathways control parental contributions to Arabidopsis early embryogenesis. Cell. 2011 May 27;145(5):707-19. PubMed PMID: 21620136.
	Sang L, Miller JJ, Corbit KC, Giles RH, Brauer MJ, Otto EA, Baye LM, Wen X, Scales SJ, Kwong M, Huntzicker EG, Sfakianos MK, Sandoval W, Bazan JF, Kulkarni P, Garcia-Gonzalo FR, Seol AD, O'Toole JF, Held S, Reutter HM, Lane WS, Rafiq MA, Noor A, Ansar M, Devi AR, Sheffield VC, Slusarski DC, Vincent JB, Doherty DA, Hildebrandt F, Reiter JF, Jackson PK. Mapping the NPHP-JBTS-MKS Protein Network Reveals Ciliopathy Disease Genes and Pathways. Cell. 2011 May 13;145(4):513-28. PubMed PMID: 21565611.
	Crawford JM, Hoffman RD, Black-Schaffer WS. Pathology subspecialty fellowship application reform 2007 to 2010. Hum Pathol. 2011 Jun;42(6):774-94. Epub 2010 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 21035167.
	Fernandez-Pineda I, Parida L, Jenkins JJ, Davidoff AM, Rao BN, Rodriguez-Galindo C. Childhood Hemangiopericytoma: Review of St Jude Children's Research Hospital. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Jul;33(5):356-9. PubMed PMID: 21602721.
	Park M, Koh KN, Kim BE, Im HJ, Kim DY, Seo JJ. Pancreatic neoplasms in childhood and adolescence. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 May;33(4):295-300. PubMed PMID: 21464765.
	Miller A, Riehle-Colarusso T, Alverson CJ, Fr�as JL, Correa A. Congenital heart defects and major structural noncardiac anomalies, atlanta, georgia, 1968 to 2005. J Pediatr. 2011 Jul;159(1):70-78.e2. Epub 2011 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 21329942.
	Cecchetto G, Ferrari A, Bernini G, Alaggio R, Collini P, Virgone C, Terenziani M, Dall'igna P, Cozza R, Conte M, Bisogno G. Sex cord stromal tumors of the ovary in children: a clinicopathological report from the Italian TREP project. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;56(7):1062-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22918. Epub 2010 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 21488154.
	Lugowska I, Wozniak W, Klepacka T, Michalak E, Szamotulska K. A prognostic evaluation of vascular endothelial growth factor in children and young adults with osteosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 15;57(1):63-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.23021. Epub 2011 Mar 17. PubMed PMID: 21416580.
	Durmaz A, Durmaz B, Kadioglu B, Aksoylar S, Karapinar D, Koturoglu G, Orman MN, Ozkinay F, Cogulu O. The Association of minor congenital anomalies and childhood cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;56(7):1098-102. doi: 10.1002/pbc.23049. Epub 2011 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 21360657.
	Bruggers CS, Bleyl SB, Pysher T, Barnette P, Afify Z, Walker M, Biegel JA. Clinicopathologic comparison of familial versus sporadic atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) of the central nervous system. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;56(7):1026-31. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22757. Epub 2010 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 20848638.
	Bragde H, Jansson U, Jarlsfelt I, S�derman J. Gene expression profiling of duodenal biopsies discriminates celiac disease mucosa from normal mucosa. Pediatr Res. 2011 Jun;69(6):530-7. PubMed PMID: 21378598.

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From the Editor's Desk

Salutations!

The summer has passed, and the time is upon us for the SPP Fall Meeting, to be held in Milwaukee, WI, from September 29 through October 2, 2011. Preparations are feverishly underway for what promises to be a wonderful meeting. SAM Pre-tests are now coming online. In addition, we have a new feature on the newly relaunched Perinatal Section page: Perinatal Slide Session virtual slide preview cases. Please see the meeting ad or What's New section above for links to the SAM pre-tests and Perinatal Preview Cases. I look forward to seeing you in Milwaukee!

Until next time,
Robert E. Ruiz
SPP Website Editor
(last updated 9/23/11)

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