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Original articles

• Munchausen syndrome by proxy abuse perpetrated by men (1 March, 1998)

  Roy Meadow
• Procedures, placement, and risks of further abuse after Munchausen syndrome by proxy, non-accidental poisoning, and non-accidental suffocation (1 March, 1998)

  P Davis, R J McClure, K Rolfe, N Chessman, S Pearson, J R Sibert, R Meadow
• Growth in renal failure: a longitudinal study of emotional and behavioural changes during trials of growth hormone treatment (1 March, 1998)

  R J Postlethwaite, D M Eminson, J M Reynolds, A J Wood, S Hollis
• Gastrointestinal symptoms in atopic eczema (1 March, 1998)

  Carlo Caffarelli, Giovanni Cavagni, Franca M Deriu, Paola Zanotti, David J Atherton
• Human milk IgA concentrations during the first year of lactation (1 March, 1998)

  Lawrence T Weaver, Helen M L Arthur, James E G Bunn, Julian E Thomas
• Soluble thrombomodulin and antibodies to bovine glomerular endothelial cells in patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (1 March, 1998)

  Mikiya Fujieda, Naobumi Oishi, Keishi Naruse, Minoru Hashizume, Koji Nishiya, Takanobu Kurashige, Katsumi Ito
• Mannan binding lectin deficiency and concomitant immunodefects (1 March, 1998)

  J Aittoniemi, M Baer, E Soppi, T Vesikari, A Miettinen
• Universal hearing screening using transient otoacoustic emissions in a community health clinic (1 March, 1998)

  H M Bantock, S Croxson
• Prolonged mechanical ventilation as a consequence of acute illness (1 March, 1998)

  J Fraser, T Henrichsen, Q Mok, R C Tasker
• Management of severe chronic thrombocytopenia in von Willebrand’s disease type 2B (1 March, 1998)

  C Mauz-Körholz, U Budde, H Kruck, D Körholz, U Göbel
• Obesity in 21-hydroxylase deficient patients (1 March, 1998)

  Rodica E Cornean, Peter C Hindmarsh, Charles G D Brook
• Juvenile polyposis in a tropical country (1 March, 1998)

  Ujjal Poddar, B R Thapa, K Vaiphei, K L N Rao, S K Mitra, Kartar Singh
• Sigmoidoscopy in minor lower gastrointestinal bleeding (1 March, 1998)

  E Balkan, I˙ Kırıştıoğlu, A Gürpınar, I˙ Özel, K Sınmaz, H Doğruyol
• A comparison of ultrasonic and mechanical stadiometry (1 March, 1998)

  V Watt, M Pickering, J K H Wales
• Serum vitamin A and β-carotene concentrations and renal scarring in urinary tract infections (1 March, 1998)

  Salih Kavukçu, Mehmet Türkmen, Nilgün Sevinç, Alper Soylu, Erkan Derebek, Benal Büyükgebiz
• Thrombocytopenic purpura as adverse reaction to recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (1 March, 1998)

  F Ronchi, P Cecchi, F Falcioni, A Marsciani, G Minak, G Muratori, P L Tazzari, S Beverini