1. The pioneers of pediatric medicine

   Announcement Pages: 1 - 1

2. Karl-Heinz Schäfer

   • H. -R. Wiedemann

   Announcement Pages: 3 - 4

3. New aspects of a well-known syndrome (Down syndrome—Mongolism)

   • Margareta Mikkelsen

   Annotation Pages: 5 - 7

4. CSF lysosomal hydrolase activity as an aid in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis

   • Warren F. Diven
   • Robert H. Glew
   • Jackson Omene

   Original Investigations Pages: 9 - 12

5. Brain uptake of ¹¹C-methionine in phenylketonuria

   • D. Comar
   • J. M. Saudubray
   • E. Depondt

   Original Investigations Pages: 13 - 19

6. The Kenny syndrome, a rare type of growth deficiency with tubular stenosis, transient hypoparathyroidism and anomalies of refraction

   • F. Majewski
   • W. Rosendahl
   • K. Nolte

   Original Investigations Pages: 21 - 30

7. The prognostic significance of specific IgG antibodies in insect sting allergy

   • R. Urbanek
   • J. Forster
   • J. Ziupa

   Original Investigations Pages: 31 - 34

8. Lactic acidemia, neurologic deterioration and carbohydrate dependence in a girl with dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase deficiency

   • Brian H. Robinson
   • Jennifer Taylor
   • Henry N. Kirkman

   Original Investigations Pages: 35 - 39

9. Phalangeal microgeodic syndrome in childhood: Report of seven cases and review of the literature

   • N. Kaibara
   • S. Masuda
   • M. Eguchi

   Original Investigations Pages: 41 - 46

10. Lack of association between HLA specificities and Wilm's tumour

    • K. G. Evers
    • P. Gutjahr
    • U. Knoop

    Original Investigations Pages: 47 - 49

11. α-aminoadipic aciduria and persistence of fetal haemoglobin in an oligophrenic child

    • A. J. Manders
    • C. G. v. Oostrom
    • W. J. Kleijer

    Original Investigations Pages: 51 - 55

12. Chronic viral hepatitis B in childhood

    • Ch. Bosch
    • M. Becker
    • G. Hess

    Original Investigations Pages: 57 - 62

13. Red cell phosphoglucomutase (PGM)-deficiency: Hereditary defect of the PGM₁-locus

    • M. Gahr
    • W. Schröter

    Original Investigations Pages: 63 - 65

14. The coagulation system in septic newborns

    • G. Weißbach
    • W. Handrick
    • M. Domula

    Original Investigations Pages: 67 - 73

15. Vitamin B₁₂ absorption and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in childhood

    • H. K. Harms
    • O. Kennel
    • A. Böhne

    Original Investigations Pages: 75 - 79

16. Two family studies of children with ventricular septal defect

    • A. Czeizel
    • M. Mészáros

    Original Investigations Pages: 81 - 85

17. Plasma testosterone and βHCG levels in the first twently-four hours of life in neonates with cryptorchidism

    • S. Davidson
    • M. Brish
    • J. Sack

    Short Communication Pages: 87 - 89

18. Aniridia-Wilms' tumor association and 11p interstitial deletion

    • J. P. Fryns
    • J. Beirinckx
    • H. Van den Berghe

    Case Reports Pages: 91 - 92

19. Aniridia, mental retardation and an unbalanced reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 8 and 11 with an interstitial deletion of 11p

    • E. Gödde-Salz
    • H. Behnke

    Case Reports Pages: 93 - 96

20. Mitral valve replacement in active rheumatic heart disease in a five years old child

    • P. Vardi
    • N. Roguin
    • A. Benderly

    Case Reports Pages: 97 - 100

21. 13q-/r(13) mosaicism

    • T. Tamura
    • M. Umetsu
    • N. Niikawa

    Case Reports Pages: 101 - 104

22. Acute leukemia after cytotoxic treatment for nonmalignant disease in childhood

    • W. Müller
    • M. Brandis

    Case Reports Pages: 105 - 108

23. Two siblings with cleidocranial dysplasia associated with atresia ani and psoriasis-like lesions: A new syndrome?

    • K. Fukuda
    • T. Miyanomae
    • T. Usui

    Case Reports Pages: 109 - 111

24. Esophageal perforation in the newborn

    • C. Zorzi
    • R. Perale
    • F. Cantarutti

    Case Reports Pages: 113 - 115

25. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 116 - 116