1. Acrylamide: more than just another food toxicant?

   • Karl Ernst von Mühlendahl
   • Matthias Otto

   Editorial 06 May 2003 Pages: 447 - 448

2. Familial mediterranean fever: revisiting an ancient disease

   • Seza Ozen

   Review 16 May 2003 Pages: 449 - 454

   

3. Guidelines for informed consent in biomedical research involving paediatric populations as research participants

   • Dennis Gill
   • Ethics Working Group of the Confederation of European Specialists in Paediatrics: Francis P. Crawley (Belgium), Milena LoGiudice (Italy), Stefan Grosek (Slovenia), Ronald Kurz (Austria), Maria de Lourdes-Levy (Portugal), Staffan Mjönes (Sweden), Demetre Nicolopoulos (Greece), Armido Rubino (Italy), Pieter J.J. Sauer (Netherlands), Martti Siimes (Finland), Michael Weinding (UK), Maximilian Zach (Austria), Timothy L. Chambers (UK)

   Original Paper 26 April 2003 Pages: 455 - 458

4. Hair anomalies as a sign of mitochondrial disease

   • Margherita Silengo
   • Mariella Valenzise
   • Laura Jarre

   Original Paper 24 April 2003 Pages: 459 - 461

   

5. Ligneous conjunctivitis, hydrocephalus, hydrocele, and pulmonary involvement in a child with homozygous type I plasminogen deficiency

   • Ergin Çiftçi
   • Erdal Ince
   • Volker Schuster

   Original Paper 26 April 2003 Pages: 462 - 465

   

6. Relations between molecular and biological abnormalities in 11 families from siblings affected with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency

   • Carole Tonetti
   • Jean-Marie Saudubray
   • Jacqueline Zittoun

   Original Paper 06 May 2003 Pages: 466 - 475

   

7. Comparison of three treatment regimens of natural surfactant preparations in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

   • Georgios Baroutis
   • Joseph Kaleyias
   • Christos Costalos

   Original Paper 23 April 2003 Pages: 476 - 480

8. Urinary lithogenic and inhibitory factors in preterm neonates receiving either total parenteral nutrition or milk formula

   • Vasilios I. Giapros
   • Athanasios L. Papaloukas
   • Styliani K. Andronikou

   Original Paper 16 May 2003 Pages: 481 - 487

9. Rapidly developing Cushing syndrome in a 4-year-old patient during combined treatment with itraconazole and inhaled budesonide

   • Elke De Wachter
   • Jesse Vanbesien
   • Jean De Schepper

   Original Paper 26 April 2003 Pages: 488 - 489

10. Sonographic biometry of liver and spleen size long after closure of abdominal wall defects

    • Antonio Zaccara
    • Barbara D. Iacobelli
    • Pietro Bagolan

    Original Paper 16 May 2003 Pages: 490 - 492

11. The presentation of asymptomatic palpable movable mass in female inguinal hernia

    • Chen-Sheng Huang
    • Chih-Cheng Luo
    • Ju-Bei Yen

    Original Paper 26 April 2003 Pages: 493 - 495

    

12. The role of mast cells in acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis with uveitis

    • Shuji Kondo
    • Shoji Kagami
    • Yasuhiro Kuroda

    Original Paper 06 May 2003 Pages: 496 - 499

    

13. Echocardiographic findings in children ill with acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis

    • Augustina Jankauskiene
    • Marija Jakutovic
    • Arunas Malikenas

    Original Paper 28 May 2003 Pages: 500 - 505

14. Tidal off-line exhaled nitric oxide measurements in a pre-school population

    • Isabelle Meyts
    • Marijke Proesmans
    • Kris De Boeck

    Original Paper 09 May 2003 Pages: 506 - 510

    

15. Paraneoplastic syndromes in ganglioneuroblastoma: contrasting symptoms of constipation and diarrhoea

    • Barbara Wildhaber
    • Felix Niggli
    • Peter Sacher

    Original Paper 09 May 2003 Pages: 511 - 513

    

16. A case of Mycoplasma hominis meningo-encephalitis in a full-term infant: rapid recovery after start of treatment with ciprofloxacin

    • Katja C. Wolthers
    • René F. Kornelisse
    • Cees M. Verduin

    Original Paper 10 May 2003 Pages: 514 - 516

    

17. Respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after sodium phosphate enema intoxication

    • David B. Everman
    • Mara E. Nitu
    • Brian R. Jacobs

    Original Paper 24 May 2003 Pages: 517 - 519

    

18. A new case of mucopolysaccharidosis VII presenting as non immune hydrops fetalis

    • Elisabeth Walter-Nicolet
    • Thameur Rakza
    • Dries Dobbelaere

    Research Letter 14 May 2003 Pages: 520 - 521

19. Enzyme replacement therapy in an adolescent with Fabry disease

    • Sabine Illsinger
    • Thomas Luecke
    • Anibh M. Das

    Research Letter 06 May 2003 Pages: 522 - 523

    

20. Glucocerebrosidase level in the cerebrospinal fluid during enzyme replacement therapy – unsuccessful treatment of the neurological abnormality in type 2 Gaucher disease

    • Makoto Migita
    • Hisamitsu Hamada
    • Yoshitaka Fukunaga

    Research Letter 23 April 2003 Pages: 524 - 525

21. Risk factors for neonatal tetanus in Ibadan, Nigeria

    • Esther O. Asekun-Olarinmoye
    • Taiwo O. Lawoyin
    • Modupe O. Onadeko

    Research Letter 16 May 2003 Pages: 526 - 527

22. Effectiveness of rescue antiretroviral therapy including intravenously administered zidovudine and foscarnet in a child with HIV-1 enteropathy

    • Marc Hainaut
    • Michèle Gérard
    • Jack Levy

    Research Letter 09 May 2003 Pages: 528 - 529

    

23. Three cases of Kingella kingae infection in young children

    • Michiel Costers
    • Carine Wouters
    • Jan Verhaegen

    Research Letter 09 May 2003 Pages: 530 - 531

24. An uncommon case of disseminated neonatal herpes simplex infection presenting with pneumonia and pleural effusions

    • Claire Langlet
    • Christophe Gaugler
    • Jean Messer

    Research Letter 06 May 2003 Pages: 532 - 533

    

25. The potential of recombinant antigens ESAT-6, MPT63 and mig for specific discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium infection

    • Claudia Rolinck-Werninghaus
    • Klaus Magdorf
    • Ulrich Wahn

    Research Letter 25 April 2003 Pages: 534 - 536

    

26. The expression level of cutaneous lymphocyte antigen on T-cells as a predictor for the tolerance to hen's egg-induced eczema

    • Hiroyuki Kojima
    • Naoki Shimojo
    • Yoichi Kohno

    Research Letter 06 May 2003 Pages: 537 - 538

    

27. Humoral immunity in children with biliary atresia splenic malformation syndrome

    • Rachel M. Taylor
    • Paul Cheeseman
    • Nedim Hadzic

    Research Letter 06 May 2003 Pages: 539 - 540

28. Stool interleukin 1β and interleukin 1 receptor antagonist concentrations in children with active ulcerative colitis and during recovery

    • Andrzej Wedrychowicz
    • Janina Stopyrowa
    • Witold Miezynski

    Research Letter 26 April 2003 Pages: 541 - 542

    

29. Increased plasma level of endothelin-1 following percutaneous balloon dilatation of aortic coarctation in children

    • Hitoshi Horigome
    • Takashi Miyauchi
    • Akira Matsui

    Research Letter 06 May 2003 Pages: 543 - 544

    

30. Glucose effects on stepping and placing responses in newborn infants

    • Erik Domellöf
    • Brian Hopkins
    • Louise Rönnqvist

    Research Letter 06 May 2003 Pages: 545 - 547

    

31. Noonan syndrome with leukaemoid reaction and overproduction of catecholamines: a case report

    • Tatsuro Kondoh
    • Eiich Ishii
    • Hiroyuki Moriuchi

    Research Letter 09 May 2003 Pages: 548 - 549

32. Accidental hypothermia in an infant with Prader-Willi syndrome

    • Toru Watanabe
    • Haruko Iwabuchi
    • Masanori Oishi

    Research Letter 11 June 2003 Pages: 550 - 551

33. Concomitant anuric post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia

    • Francois Cachat
    • Kim Dunsmore
    • Alda Tufro

    Research Letter 10 May 2003 Pages: 552 - 553

34. Melatonin for treatment of sleeping disorders in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a preliminary open label study

    • Cecil V. Tjon Pian Gi
    • Joris P. A. Broeren
    • Florens G A. Versteegh

    Research Letter 03 June 2003 Pages: 554 - 555

    

35. The growing skull fracture, a rare complication of paediatric head injury

    • Bas Zegers
    • Petr Jira
    • Jan Grotenhuis

    Research Letter 11 June 2003 Pages: 556 - 557

    

36. Liver failure in a neonate with congenital adrenal hyporesponsiveness

    • Moira Cheung
    • Sanjay Bansal
    • Anil Dhawan

    Research Letter 11 June 2003 Pages: 558 - 558

37. An 11-month-old boy with psychomotor regression and auto-aggressive behaviour

    • Christina Chrysochoou
    • Christoph Rutishauser
    • Andrea Superti-Furga

    Your Diagnosis 16 May 2003 Pages: 559 - 561

    

38. Megadose methylprednisolone for Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

    • Şinasi Özsoylu

    Correspondence 14 May 2003 Pages: 562 - 562

39. Reply to the letter to the editor: " Megadose methylprednisolone for Kasabach-Merritt syndrome"

    • Tanja Frevel
    • Heike Rabe
    • Erik Harms

    Correspondence 28 January 2003 Pages: 563 - 564

40. Antibiotics and tympanostomy tubes in the management of otitis media

    News for the Practitioner 03 July 2003 Pages: 565 - 565

41. Baker RC (ed): Pediatric primary care: XVI ill-child care, XVII well-child care. (Core Handbooks in Pediatrics)

    • Susanne Suter

    Book Review 24 May 2003 Pages: 566 - 566

42. Erratum to: Post-dural puncture headaches in children. A literature review

    • Elke Janssens
    • Peter Aerssens
    • Marc Raes

    Erratum 28 May 2003 Pages: 567 - 567