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Pediatrics
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Date: 2010-02-22 20:01:26
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.
The upper age limit of such patients ranges from age 12 to 21, depending on the country. -
Date: 2010-02-22 20:01:59
A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician.
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Date: 2010-02-22 20:02:03
In Commonwealth countries, the respective spellings paediatrics and paediatrician are usually preferred.
There may be a slight semantic difference: in the USA, a pediatrician is often a primary care physician who specializes in children, whereas in the Commonwealth a paediatrician generally is a medical specialist not in primary general practice.
For further detail, see discussion on the broad and narrow meanings of physician.