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Annotations Short reports Placental transport: diversity and complexity Cardiovascular collapse after verapamil in Boyd 1205 supraventricular tachycardia Kirk, Gibbs, Thomas, et al 1265 Investigation of perinatal death Cervical spine fractures and rear car seat Wigglesworth 1207 restraints Conry and Hall 1267 Inspiratory times when weaning from mechanical ventilation Original articles Greenough, Greenall, and Gamsu 1269 Measles immunisation: feasibility of a 90% Misdiagnosis of cystic fibrosis target uptake Lakhani, Morris, Morgan, et al 1209 Shaw and Littlewood 1271 Cerebral arteriovenous malformation in Transient protein losing enteropathy associated a neonate: treatment by embolisation with acute gastritis and campylobacter pylori 1273 Hill, Sinclair-Smith, Lastovica, et al 1215 McCord, Shields, McNeil, et al Tight and neonatal Haemophilus infiuenzae meningitis in hypovolaemic shock http://adc.bmj.com/ Sweden 1981-1983 Vanhaesebrouck, Vanneste, de Praeter, et al 1276 Trollfors, Claesson, Strangert, et al 1220 Dominantly inherited glomerulonephritis and an unusual skin disease Longitudinal study of height and weight Sherwood, Pincott, Goodwin, et al 1278 at adolescence Buckler and Wild 1224 Karaya gum electrocardiographic electrodes for preterm infants Cartlidge and Rutter 1281 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a cause of sensorineural hearing loss on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Peckham, Stark, Dudgeon, et al 1233 Personal view Management of children with head injuries in district general hospitals Hayward 1283 Postnatal sensitivity of the peripheral chemoreceptors in newborn infants Hertzberg and Lagercrantz 1238 Current topic Progress. in adoption Bamford 1287 Effects of theophylline on ventilatory response 1290 to hypoxic challenge Milerad 1242 Referees and staff 1986-87 Correspondence 1292 Cerebral blood flow velocity variability in infants receiving assisted ventilation Corrections Rennie, South, and Morley 1247 When not to do a lumbar puncture Addy 1293 Acarboxyprothrombin activity after oral in premature infants prophylactic K and use of human immunoglobulin von Kries, Kreppel, Becker, et al 1293 Conway, Gillies, and Docherty 1252 Book reviews 1294 Plasma amino acids in small preterm 1298 infants fed on human milk or formula British paediatrics Ventura and Brooke 1257 Index 1299

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TAVISTOCK SQUARE LONDON WC1H 9JR ISSN 0003-9888 ASTM CODEN: ADCHAK 62(12), 1205-1332, (1987) No 1 January 1987 Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Annotations Hypermobility of joints. Lewkonia 1 The physically handicapped school leaver. Chamberlain 3 Inherited disorders of straight chain fatty acid oxidation. Pollitt 6 Original articles Esterase D screening of patients with retinoblastoma. Cowell, Thompson, and Rutland 8 Intensive consolidation chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (UKALL X pilot study). Pinkerton, Bowman, Holtzel, et al 12 Malignant tumours in the neonate. Campbell, Chan, O'Brien, et al 19 Influence of elective preterm delivery on birthweight and head circumference standards. Yudkin, Aboualfa, Eyre, et al 24 Periventricular leucomalacia and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm intants. Fawer, Diebold, and Calame 30 Non-convulsive status epilepticus. Manning and Rosenbloom 37 Non-convulsive status epilepticus resistant to benzodiazepines. Livingston and Brown 41 Screening for polycystic kidney disease. Taitz, Brown, Blank, et al 45 Scrotal swellings in the under 5s. Wilson-Storey 50 Growth hormone response to a standardised exercise test in relation to puberty and stature. Greene, Torresani, and Prader 53 Growth and growth factors in diabetes mellitus. Salardi, Tonioli, Tassoni, et al 57 Childhood asthma and growth outcome. Shohat, Shohat, Kedem, et al 63 Symptoms, atopy, and bronchial response to methacholine in parents with asthma and their children. Clifford, Pugsley, Radford, et al 66 Short reports Preterm blood counts vary with sampling site. Thurlbeck and McIntosh 74 Chloroquine treatment in desquamative interstitial pneumonia. Springer, Maayan, Katzir, et al 76 Congenital isolated folic acid malabsorption. Urbach, Abrahamov, and Grossowicz 78 Tachycardia and heart failure after ritual circumcision. Mor, Eshel, Aladjem, et al 80 Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in milk. Parks, Noy, Aukett, et al 82 Treatment of campylobacter gastroenteritis. Ashkenazi, Danziger, Varsano, et al 84 Co-trimoxazole red cell aplasia in leukaemia. Unter and Abbott 85 Personal practice Pitfalls in the management of epilepsy. Stores 88 Current topic The role of bicarbonate and base precursors in treatment of acute gastroenteritis. Elliott, Walker-Smith,

and Farthing 91 http://adc.bmj.com/ British Paediatric Association Minutes 96 Correspondence 98 Book reviews 104 Meetings in 1987 106 Instructions to authors 107

No 2 February 1987 Annotations on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Malformations in different ethnic groups. Young 109 Club foot. Klenerman 112 Original articles Early onset nervosa. Fosson, Knibbs, Bryant-Waugh, et al 114 Reactions to dietary tartrazine. David 119 Remission induced by an elemental diet in small bowel Crohn's disease. Sanderson, Udeen, Davies, et al 123 Videourodynamic assessment of diurnal urinary incontinence. Borzyskowski and Mundy 128 Successful management of daytime enuresis using alarm procedures. Halliday, Meadow, and Berg 132 Urinary nitrite in symptomatic and asymptomatic urinary infection. Powell, McCredie, and Ritchie 138 Vascular access for acute haemodialysis. Gibson, Dyer, Postlethwaite, et al 141 Cot deaths, , and the probation service. Pugh, Statham, and Jarvis 146 Outbreak of cephalosporin resistant Enterobacter cloacae infection in a neonatal intensive care unit. Modi, Damjanovic, and Cooke 148 New fontanometer for continuous estimation of intracranial pressure in the newborn. Rochefort, Rolfe, and Wilkinson 152 Influence of intravenous fat emulsion on serum bilirubin in very low birthweight neonates. Brans, Ritter, Kenny, et al 156 Human milk vitamin content after pasteurisation, storage, or tube feeding. Van Zoeren-Grobben Schrijver, van den Berg, et ao 161 Knemometry in assessment of linear growth. Wales and Milner 166 Oral methotrexate is as effective as intramuscular in maintenance therapy of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Chessells, Leiper, Tiedemann, et al 172 Serological study of Pneumocystis carinii infection in the absence of immunosuppression. Gerrard, Eden, Jameson, et al 177 Ten minute radiopharmaceutical test in biliary atresia. El Tumi, Clarke, Barrett, et al 180 in cystic fibrosis. Ehrhardt, Miller, and Littlewood 185 Short reports Colorectal polyps: an important cause of rectal . Perisic 188 Hearing loss due to mumps. Hall and Richards 189 Meningitis presenting as hypertension. Waters and Gillis 191 No 2 February 1987-continued Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Phosphatidylglycerol in tracheal aspirates for diagnosis of hyaline membrane disease. Francoual, Magny, Ropert, et al 193 Platelet thromboxane B, production in neonatal pulmonary hypertension. Kaapa 195 Noonan's syndrome and neurofibromatosis. Shuper, Mukamel, Mimouni, et al 196 due to abnormal lymphatics. Windebank, Bridges, Ostman-Smith, et al 198 Prognosis of chronic hepatitis B transmitted from HBsAG positive mothers. Bortolotti, Cadrobbi, Armigliato, et al 201 Personal practice Antibiotic use in the neonatal unit. Isaacs and Wilkinson 204 Personal view Epilepsy and prejudice. Taylor 209 Correspondence 212 Book reviews 216

No 3 March 1987 Annotations Who needs the clinical geneticist? Insley 217 Drug absorption through the skin: a mixed blessing. Rutter 220 Original articles Growth hormone state after completion of treatment with growth hormone. Clayton, Price, and Shalet 222 Insulin dependent diabetes in Asians. Bodansky, Beverley, Gelsthorpe, et al 227 Consanguinity and fetal growth in Pakistani Moslems. Honeyman, Bahl, Marshall, et al 231 Vasoactivity of the major intracranial arteries in newborn infants. Drayton and Skidmore 236 Cardiovascular effects of tolazoline and ranitidine. Bush, Busst, Knight, et al 241 Treatment of refractory supraventricular arrhythmias with flecainide acetate. Till, Rowland, Shine- bourne, et al 247 Controlled trial of trimeprazine tartrate for night waking. Simonoff and Stores 253 Asthma and family interaction. Gustafsson, Kjellman, Ludvigsson, et al 258 Nebulised sodium cromoglycate and verapamil in methacholine induced asthma. Boner, Vallone, Andreoli, et al 264 Prolonged exclusive breast feeding and heredity as determinants in infantile atopy. Savilahti, Tainio, Salmenpera, et al With commentary. David 269 Hypercholesterolaemia treated by soybean protein diet. Gaddi, Descovich, Noseda, et al 274 Aetiological factors in leukaemia and lymphoma. McKinney, Cartwright, Saiu, et al 279 http://adc.bmj.com/ Prognosis in severe Guillain-Barre syndrome. Cole and Matthew 288 Short reports Forehead plaque: a presenting skin sign in tuberous sclerosis. Fryer, Osborne, and Schutt 292 Mercury as a health hazard. Curtis, Ferguson, Kell, et al 293 Transient congenital hypothyroidism after topical iodine in pregnancy and lactation. Danziger, Pertzelan, and Mimouni 295 Neural tube defects in rural Ireland. O'Dowd, Connolly, and Ryan 297 Anti-rotavirus antibody in cerebrospinal fluid. Ushijima, Araki, Abe, and Shinozaki 298

Improving facilities in an accident department. Richmond, Evans, and Sibert 299 on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Herpes oesophagitis in a healthy 8 year old. Lambert and Eastham 301 Neonatal candida septicaemia: diagnosis on buffy smear. Cattermole and Rivers 302 Personal practice Management of obesity. Poskitt 305 Personal view Learning from our patients. Goodall 311 Correspondence 314 Book reviews 320 British paediatrics 324

No 4 April 1987 Annotations Liver transplantation-a role for all paediatricians. Mowat 325 Erythema neonatorum toxicum. Berg and Solomon 327 Original articles Cytomegalovirus infection in day nurseries. Nelson, Peckham, Pearl, et al 329 Prediction and management of nocturnal hypoglycaemia in diabetes. Whincup and Milner 333 Parental smoking, breast feeding, and respiratory infection in development of allergic diseases. Cogswell, Mitchell, and Alexander 338 Prodromal features of asthma. Beer, Laver, Karpuch, et al 345 Influence of antacid and formulation on effectiveness of pancreatic enzyme supplementation in cystic fibrosis. Braggion, Borgo, Faggionato, et al 349 Serum IgG antibodies in patients with cystic fibrosis with early Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Brett, Ghoneim, and Littlewood 357 Plasma a fetoprotein reference ranges in infancy: effect of prematurity. Blair, Carachi, Gupta, et al 362 Screening for late neonatal deficiency by acarboxyprothrombin in dried blood spots. Motohara, Endo, and Matsuda 370 A simple method of face mask resuscitation at birth. Hoskyns, Milner, and Hopkin 376 No 4 April 1987-continued Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Trends in birth prevalence of cerebral palsy. Pharoah, Cooke, Rosenbloom, et al 379 Central nervous system dysfunction and erythrocyte guanosine triphosphate in purine nucleoside phosphory- lase deficiency. Simmonds, Fairbanks, Morris, et al 385 Comparison in use of health services between a deprived and an endowed community. Marsh and Channing 392 Ipratropium bromide and airways function in wheezy infants. Prendiville, Green, and Silverman 397 Local production of rotavirus specific IgA in breast tissue and transfer to neonates. Rahman, Yamauchi, Hanada, et al 401 Short reports Oral candida: is dummy carriage the culprit?. Sio, Minwalla, George, et al 40()6 Mechanism of erroneous Dextrostix readings. Togari, Oda, and Wada 408 Chromosomes of metastatic retinoblastoma. Daly, Davison, Pearson, et al 410 Nedocromil sodium and exercise induced asthma. Chudry, Correa, and Silverman 412 Management of asthma in schools. Hill, Britton, and Tattersfield 414 Serological evidence of herpes simplex virus infection in atopic eczema. David, Richmond, and Bailey 416 Carbon monoxide concentrations in infant deaths. Variend and Forrest 417 Group B streptococcal infection presenting as sudden death in infancy. Barnham and Henderson 419 Personal practice Management of urinary tract infection. White 421 Current topic Violence and children. Gray 428 Correspondence 431 Book reviews 434

No 5 May 1987 Editorial An editor departs 435 Annotations Haemorrhagic disease and vitamin K. Tripp and McNinch 436 Pseudomonas infections in cystic fibrosis. George 438 Original articles Hydrolysed wheat based oral rehydration solution for acute diarrhoea. Alam, Sarker, Molla, et al 440 Effects of feeding and social factors on diarrhoea and vomiting in infants. Eaton-Evans and Dugdale 445 Gastric emptying with gastro-oesophageal reflux. Di Lorenzo, Piepsz, Ham, et al 449 Cisapride for gastro-oesophageal reflux and peptic oesophagitis. Cucchiara, Staiano, Capozzi, et al 454 http://adc.bmj.com/ Controlled study of exclusion of dietary vasoactive amines in migraine. Salfield, Wardley, Houlsby, et al 458 Effect of spinal irradiation on growth. Shalet, Gibson, Swindell, et al 461 Decreasing incidence of . Stevens, Egan-Mitchell, Cryan, et al 465 Humoral response to a gliadin as serological screening test for coeliac disease. Kelly, O'Farrelly, Rees, et al 469 Serum 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D and osteocalcin concentrations in thalassaemia major. Dandona, Menon, Houlder, et al 474 Cord blood IgE and month of birth. Kimpen, Callaert, Embrechts, et al 478 Normal values for urinary N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase excretion in preterm and term babies. Gillain, Battisti, et al 483 Langhendries, on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. in southern Brazil: a population based study of causes of death. Barros, Victora, Vaughan, et al 487 Baby walkers . . time to take a stand? Gleadhill, Robson, Cudmore, et al 491 Height at diagnosis of malignancies. Pui, Dodge, George, el al 495 Young doctors' views on their undergraduate child health teaching. Waters.on 500 Short reports Determinants of major handicap in post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Cooke 504 Evaluation of nebulisers for bronchial challenge tests. Tsanakas, Wilson, and Boon 506 Stunting in African children. Cutting, Elton, Campbell, et al 508 Skin rash after triple vaccine. Denning, Peet, and Poole 51() Pyloric stenosis in Western Australia, 1971-84. Hitchcock, Gilmour, Gracey, el al 512 Pulmonary haemosiderosis and gluten. Reading, Watson, Platt, et al 513 Intracranial pressure estimation by palpation of the anterior fontanelle. Kaiser and Whitelaw 516 Personal practice Liaison psychotherapy in a hospital paediatric diabetic clinic. Josse and Challener 518 Current topic Molecular abnormalities of collagen in human disease. Pope and Nicholls 523 Controversy Ventilator settings for newborn infants. Ramsden and Reynolds 529 Commentaries Morley and South 535 Milner 536 Ramsden and Reynolds 537 Correspondence 539 British paediatrics 542

No 6 June 1987 Editorial A new editor 543 No 6 June 1987-continued Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Annotations Respiratory syncytial virus and the infant immune response. Toms and Scott 544 Lower limb deformity and prevention of scoliosis in cerebral palsy. Robson 547 Original articles Survival after balloon atrial septostomy for complete transposition of great arteries. Mok, Darvell, Mattos, et al 549 Duodenal ulceration: review of 110 cases. Murphy, Eastham, Jimenez, et al 554 Two year study of cryptosporidium infection. Thomson, Benson, and Wright 559 Comparison of four pancreatic extracts in cystic fibrosis. Beverley, Kelleher, Macdonald, et al 564 Efficacy of varicella vaccine in patients with solid tumours. Health, Malpas, Kangro, et al 569 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: trimethoprim resistant organisms during treatment. McDowell, Shears, Hart, et al 573 Anorectal malformation: familial aspects and associated anomalies. Boocock and Donnai 576 Plasma thyrocalcitonin and parathyroid hormone concentrations in early neonatal hypocalcaemia. Romagnoli, Zecca, Tortorolo, et al 580 Parvovirus associated aplastic crisis in homozygous sickle cell disease. Goldstein, Anderson, and Serjeant 585 Computed tomography in severe protein energy . Househam and de Villiers 589 How should chylothorax be managed? Puntis, Roberts, and Handy 593 Establishment of an intermediate care ward for babies and mothers. Dear and McLain 597 The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Alfaham, Ferguson, Sihra, et al 601 Short reports Recovery from neonatal myocardial dysfunction after treatment of acute hypertension. McGonigle, Beaudry, and Coe 614 Anticonvulsant drugs, growth, and development. MacArdle, McGowan, Greene, et al 615 Age distribution of anginose mononucleosis. Spirer, Holtzman, Melamed, et al 617 Referral to a regional centre improves outcome in extremely low birthweight infants. Cooke 619 Blood cultures in neonates with percutaneous central venous catheters. Ramanathan and Durand 621 Congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa: neonatal shaving. Partridge 623 Instructions to authors 626 Current topics Retroviruses. Jarrett 628 Human retroviruses and paediatric disease. Thomson and Dalgleish 631 Personal view Congenital dislocation of the hip: to screen or not to screen. Dwyer 635 Correspondence 638 Book reviews

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No 7 July 1987 Annotations Doctors and nurses in neonatal intensive care: towards integration. Chiswick and Roberton 653 Is your grommet really necessary? Maw 656 Original Articles on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Should we screen for congenital adrenal hyperplasia? A review of 117 cases. Virdi, Rayner, Rudd, et al 659 Endotracheal resuscitation of preterm infants at birth. Hoskyns, Milner, Boon, et al 663 Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide and spontaneous diuresis in sick neonates. Kojima, Hirata, Fukuda, et al 667 Correlation of specific gravity and osmolality of urine in neonates and adults. Leech and Penney 671 Comparison of intranasal and oral desmopressin for nocturnal enuresis. Fjellestad-Paulsen, Wille, and Harris 674 Five year prospective study of plasma renin activity and blood pressure in patients with longstanding reflux nephropathy. Savage, Koh, Shah, et al 678 Adrenal cortical tumours: epidemiological and familial aspects. Hartley, Birch, Marsden, et al 683 Nosocomial hepatitis A infection in a paediatric intensive care unit. Drusin, Sohmer, Groshen, et al 690 Purulent pericarditis. Sinzobahamvya and Ikeogu 696 Sudden and unexpected death between 1 and 5 years. Southall, Stebbens, and Shinebourne 700 Compliance with gluten free diet in coeliac disease. Colaco, Egan-Mitchell, Stevens, et al 706 Ethnic differences in incidence of very low birthweight and neonatal deaths among normally formed infants. Terry, Condie, Bissenden, et al 709 Severe pre-eclampsia and infants of very low birth weight. Szymonowicz and Yu 712 Epidemiology of facial clefts. Womersley and Stone 717 Cardiorespiratory patterns in siblings of babies with sudden infant death syndrome. Southall, Alexander, Stebbens, et al 721 Short reports Duration of antibiotic courses for neonates. Isaacs, Wilkinson, and Moxon 727 Oral mannitol in control of fluid balance. Poulton and Winterborn 729 Brain stem glioma presenting as gastro-oesophageal reflux. Mahony, Kennedy, Leaf, et al 731 Prognosis in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Briscoe, McMenamin, and O'Donohoe 733 Aetiology of growth hormone deficiency. Herber and Kay 735 Neonatal lupus erythematosus, late onset hypocalcaemia, and recurrent seizures. Moudgil, Kishore, and Srivastava 736 Multiple thromboses in systemic lupus erythematosus. Appan, Boey, and Lim 739 Swivel walkers in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Sibert, Williams, Burkinshaw, et al 741 T activation and haemolysis after blood transfusion. Placzek and Gorst 743 Annual statistical review. Pharoah and Alberman 745 No 7 July 1987-continued Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Personal practice Guidance for divorcing parents. Caplan 752 Current topic Vaccination and cot deaths in perspective. Roberts 754 Correspondence 760 Book reviews 764 No 8 August 1987 James Spence Medallists 765 Annotations Balloon dilatation in congenital heart disease. Hunter and Wren 768 Giving drugs per rectum for systemic effect. Choonara 771 Are intelligence tests outmoded? Murphy 773 Original articles United Kingdom Multicentre clinical trial of somatrem. Milner, Barnes. Buckler, et al 776 Early acquisition of cytomegalovirus infection. Peckham, Johnson, Ades, et al 780 Maternal smoking during pregnancy and lower respiratory tract illness in early life. Taylor and Wadsworth 786 Breast feeding increases concentrations of IgA in infants' urine. Prentice 792 Measurement of milk intake by deuterium dilution. Lucas, Ewing, Roberts, et al With commentary. Butte and Garza 796 Fluctuating dystonia responsive to levodopa. Costeff, Gadoth, Mendelson, et al 801 Glycosylated haemoglobin and glucose intolerance in cystic fibrosis. Stutchfield, O'Halloran, Teale, et al 805 Familial Hashimoto's thyroiditis with kidney impairment. Shuper, Leathem, Pertzelan, et al 811 Comparison of budesonide and beclomethasone dipropionate for treatment of asthma. Springer, Avital, Maayan, et al 815 Children and mothers at clinics: who is disturbed? Cundall 820 Expiratory muscle activity in preterm babies. South, Morley, and Hughes 825 Energy and nitrogen balances in very low birthweight infants. De Curtis and Brooke 830 Comparison of weight:height ratio and arm circumference in assessment of acute malnutrition. Carter 833 Short reports Whole blood assay of theophylline concentrations using immunochromatographic stick. Elias-Jones, Cottle, Leakey, et al 836 Monitoring of end tidal CO, in neonatal intensive care. Watkins and Weindling 837 Salbutamol and ipratropium in acute asthma. Rayner, Cartlidge, and Upton 840 Prader-Willi syndrome in siblings. Fernandez, Berry, and Mutton 841 Green or blue light phototherapy for neonates with hyperbilirubinaemia. Ayyash, Hadjigeorgiou, http://adc.bmj.com/ Sofatzis, et al 843 Indicators of malnutrition in leukaemic children. Kibirige, Morris Jones, and Stevens 845 Stress fractures: a diagnostic problem. Waisman, Varsano, Grunebaum, et al 847 Single dose and pulsatile treatment with human growth hormone. Smith, Pringle, and Brook 849 Diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis by smell. Poulton and Tarlow 851 Hypogammaglobulinaemia and negative anti-HIV antibodies in AIDS. Espanol, Garcia-Arumi, Bofill, et al 853 Current topic

The disability of . Law 855 on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Personal practice Pitfalls in developmental diagnosis. Illingworth 860 Personal view My enuresis 866 Correspondence 869 British paediatrics Hospital medical staffing 872 No 9 September 1987 Annotations When not to do a lumbar puncture. Addy 873 Steroid scare. David 876 Monitoring oxygen in the newborn. Dear 879 Original articles Pulse oximeter and transcutaneous arterial oxygen measurements in neonatal and paediatric intensive care. Southall, Bignall, Stebbens, et al 882 Bone mineral content in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Ryan, Congdon, Horsman, et al 889 Validity of forced expiratory flow volume loops in neonates. Hoskyns, Milner, and Hopkin 895 Morbidity of percutaneous liver biopsy. Lichtman, Gusman, Moore, et al 901 Prospective study of serum staphylococcal antibodies in cystic fibrosis. Ericsson Hollsing, Granstrom, and Strandvik 905 Growth hormone in short, slowly growing children and those with Turner's syndrome. Buchanan, Law, and Milner 912 Human milk and preterm formula compared for effects on growth and metabolism. Brooke, Onubogu, Heath, et al 917 Effect of diazoxide or glucagon on hepatic glucose production rate during extreme neonatal hypoglycaemia. Mehta, Wootton, Cheng, et al 924 Early and late cranial ultrasonographic appearances and outcome in very low birthweight infants. Cooke 931 Acarboxyprothrombin activity after oral prophylactic vitamin K. von Kries, Kreppel, Becker, et al 938 No 9 September 1987-continued Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Recent trends in the incidence of multiple births and associated mortality. Botting, Davies, and Macfarlane 941 Sudden infant death syndrome in south east Scotland. Bartholomew, Macarthur, and Bain 951 Short reports Pulse oximetry in preterm infants. Wasunna and Whitelaw 957 Seasonal variation of glycosylated haemoglobin. Ferrie, Sharpe, Price, et al 959 Marfan's syndrome in Mitral valve disease. Marlow, Gregg, and Qureshi 960 Bacterial tracheitis in Down's syndrome. Cant, Gibson, and West 962 Penicillin resistant pneumococcal peritonitis in nephrotic syndrome. Milner, Berkowitz, Ngwenya, et al 964 Infant feeding and atopy. Midwinter, Morris, and Colley 965 Type V hyperlipoproteinaemia in neonates. Thompson, Knight, Hamilton Craig, et al 967 Light transmission of phototherapy eyeshields. Chin, Moseley, and Bayliss 970 Current topic Polygraphic studies. Adamson 972 Correspondence 976 Book reviews 980 No 10 October 1987 Editorial Associate editors 981 Annotations Screening for squint and poor vision. Taylor 982 Top up transfusions in neonates. Roberton 984 Environmental neonatology. Wolke 987 Original articles Clinical aspects of X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. Clarke, Phillips, Brown, et al 989 Hypoxaemia in wheezy infants after bronchodilator treatment. Prendiville, Rose, Maxwell, et al 997 Nocturnal cough in asthma. Thomson, Pratt, and Simpson 1001 Reduced incidence of tuberculosis by prophylactic chemotherapy in subjects showing strong reactions to tuberculin testing. Ormerod 1005 Psychological adjustment and diabetic control. Fonagy, Moran, Lindsay, et al 1009 Blood spot glucocorticoid concentrations in ill preterm infants. Hughes, Murphy, Dyas, et al 1014 Continuous four-channel EEG monitoring in the evaluation of echodense ultrasound lesions and cystic leucomalacia. Connell, Oozeer, Regev, et al 1019 Specific enlargement of the fourth ventricle after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus. O'Hare, Brown, and Minns 1025 http://adc.bmj.com/ Ductus arteriosus blood flow during first 48 hours of life. Drayton and Skidmore 1030 Effects of birth weight, gestational age, and maternal obstetric history on birth prevalence of cerebral palsy. Pharoah, Cooke, Rosenbloom, et al 1035 Selective medical examinations on starting school. O'Callaghan and Colver 1041 Bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of a-mannosidosis. Will, Cooper, Hatton, et al 1044 Special report Mental development in congenital hypothyroidism after neonatal screening. Illig, Largo, Qin, et al 1050 Historical article

Tay-Sachs disease: a centenary. Evans 1056 on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Current topic Unorthodox allergy procedures. David 1060 Personal view Case conferences for child abuse. Speight 1063 Short reports Dicarboxylicaciduria and secondary carnitine deficiency in glycogenosis type IV. Maaswinkel-Mooy, Poorthuis, van Gelderen, et al 1066 Mean arterial blood pressure and neonatal cerebral lesions. Miall-Allen, de Vries, and Whitelaw 1068 Carbon monoxide production in ventilated premature infants weighing less than 1500 g. Fischer, Ochikubo, Vreman, et al 1070 Successful suprapubic aspiration of urine. O'Callaghan and McDougall 1072 Early congenital syphilis and severe haematological disturbance. Stevens, Darbyshire, and Brown 1073 Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in Hong Kong. Leung, Tseng, Go, et al 1075 Cushing's disease and craniopharyngioma. Ackland, Stanhope, and Preece 1077 Perioperative dissemination of salmonella. Uhari, Rantala, and Herva 1079 British Paediatric Association Minutes of AGM 1081 Correspondence 10)84 Book reviews 1090 No 11 November 1987 Editorial The Journal develops 1093 Annotations Who needs a brain scan'? Green 1094 Is fetal blood sampling and pH estimation helpful or harmful'? Steer 1097 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: the outcome. Samuels and Warner 1099 Original articles Cyclophosphamide treatment of steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome: comparison of eight week with 12 week course. Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Padiatrische Nephrologie 1102 No 11 November 1987-continued Arch Dis Child: first published as on 1 December 1987. Downloaded from Precocious and premature puberty associated with treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Leiper, Stanhope, Kitching, et al 1107 Neisseria meningitidis in a primary school. Cann, Rogers, Jones, et al 1113 Clinical trials of penicillamine in Indian childhood cirrhosis. Tanner, Bhave, Pradhan, et al 1118 Teenagers and their health. Macfarlane, McPherson, McPherson, et al 1125 Twenty four hour intermittent, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Egger, Bianchetti, Gnadinger, et al 113(1 Plasma renin activity in infants with congenital heart disease. Scammell and Diver 1136 Hyperkalaemia, cardiac arrhythmias, and cerebral lesions in high risk neonates. Short/and, Trounce, and Levene 1139 Residual insulin secretion in adolescent diabetics after remission. Hocking, Rayner, and Nattrass 1144 T cell response to anti-CD3 antibody in Down's syndrome. Bertotto, Arcangeti, Crupi, et al 1148 Personal health records: an evaluation. O'Flaherty, Jandera, Llewellyn, et al 1152 Clinical predictors of outcome in encephalitis. Kennedy, Duffy, Smith, et al 1156 Short reports Endoscopic evacuation of an intracerebral and intraventricular haemorrhage. Ritschl and Auer 1163 Atrial natriuretic peptide and patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants. Rascher and Seyberth 1165 Intestinal obstruction due to ingested Vaseline. Goh and Buick 1167 Perianal infection with group A streptococcus. Farmer 1169 Muscle carnitine deficiency presenting as familial fatal cardiomyopathy. Colin, Jaffe, Shapira, et al 1170 Glossal cysts in four infants. Harari, Clezy, and Sharp 1173 Cellular phosphate in renal tubular acidosis. Challa, Vrionis, and Lapatsanis 1174 Oral desmopressin in neonatal diabetes insipidus. Stick and Betts 1177 Effect on pancuronium and pethidine on heart rate and blood pressure in ventilated infants. Miall-Allen and Whitelaw 1179 Red child syndrome. Salazar de Sousa, Almeida, Bray Pinheiro 1181 Controversy Management of sexual abuse. Hobbs and Wynne 1182 What to ask when sexual abuse is suspected. Leventhal, Bentovim, Elton, et al 1188 Commentary. Roberts 1193 Comment. Hobbs and Wynne 1195 Correspondence 1196 Book reviews 1201 British paediatrics 1204 http://adc.bmj.com/ No 12 December 1987 Annotations Placental transport: diversity and complexity. Boyd 1205 Investigation of perinatal death. Wigglesworth 1207 Original articles Measles immunisation: feasibility of a 900% target uptake. Lakhani, Morris, Morgan, et al 1209 Transient protein losing enteropathy associated with acute gastritis and campylobacter pylorn. Hill, 1215 Sinclair-Smith, Lastovica, et al on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in Sweden 1981-1983. Trollfors, Claesson, Strangert, et al 1220 Longitudinal study of height and weight at adolescence. Buckler and Wild 1224 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Peckham, Stark, Dudgeon, et al 1233 Postnatal sensitivity of the peripheral chemoreceptors in newborn infants. Hertzberg and Lagercrantz 1238 Effects of theophylline on ventilatory response to hypoxic challenge. Milerad 1242 Cerebral blood flow velocity variability in infants receiving assisted ventilation. Rennie, South, and Morley 1247 Neonatal infection in premature infants and use of human immunoglobulin. Conway, Gillies, and Docherty 1252 Plasma amino acids in small preterm infants fed on human milk or formula. Ventura and Brooke 1257 Short reports Cardiovascular collapse after verapamil in supraventricular tachycardia. Kirk, Gibbs, Thomas, et al 1265 Cervical spine fractures and rear car seat restraints. Conry and Hall 1267 Inspiratory times when weaning from mechanical ventilation. Greenough, Greenall, and Gamsu 1269 Misdiagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Shaw and Littlewood 1271 Cerebral arteriovenous malformation in a neonate: treatment by embolisation. McCord, Shields, McNeil, et al 1273 Tight nuchal cord and neonatal hypovolaemic shock. Vanhaesebrucick, Vanneste, de Praeter, et al 1276 Dominantly inherited glomerulonephritis and an unusual skin disease. Sherwood, Pincott, Goodwin, et al 1278 Karaya gum electrocardiographic electrodes for preterm infants. Cartlidge and Rutter 1281 Personal view Management of children with head injuries in district general hospitals. Hayward 1283 Current topic Progress in adoption. Bamford 1287 Referees and staff 1986-87 1290 Correspondence 1292 Corrections When not to do a lumbar puncture. Addy 1293 Acarboxyprothrombin activity after oral prophylactic vitamin K. von Kries, Kreppel, Becker, et al 1293 Book reviews 1294 British paediatrics 1298 Index 1299