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Original articles

• Distinct patterns of respiratory difficulty in young children with achondroplasia: a clinical, sleep, and lung function study (1 August, 1998)

  Robert C Tasker, Isobel Dundas, Aidan Laverty, Margaret Fletcher, Roderick Lane, Janet Stocks
• Screening for medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency using electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (1 August, 1998)

  Peter T Clayton, Mira Doig, Soudabeh Ghafari, Cathy Meaney, Catherine Taylor, James V Leonard, Michael Morris, Andrew W Johnson
• Prospective surveillance study of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in the UK (1 August, 1998)

  R J Pollitt, J V Leonard
• Informed consent, parental awareness, and reasons for participating in a randomised controlled study (1 August, 1998)

  Margriet van Stuijvenberg, Marja H Suur, Sandra de Vos, Gilbert C H Tjiang, Ewout W Steyerberg, Gerarda Derksen-Lubsen, Henriëtte A Moll
• Randomised controlled trial of brief neonatal exposure to cows’ milk on the development of atopy (1 August, 1998)

  Marijke H de Jong, Vera T M Scharp-van der Linden, Rob C Aalberse, Johannes Oosting, Jan G P Tijssen, Cornelis J de Groot
• Randomised controlled trial of biofeedback training in persistent encopresis with anismus (1 August, 1998)

  Terry Nolan, Tony Catto-Smith, Carolyn Coffey, Judy Wells
• Randomised controlled trial of the use of a modified postal reminder card on the uptake of measles vaccination (1 August, 1998)

  P Hawe, N McKenzie, R Scurry
• A retrospective cohort study of risk factors for missing preschool booster immunisation (1 August, 1998)

  Meirion R Evans, Daniel Rh Thomas
• An audit of paediatric epilepsy care (1 August, 1998)

  David W Webb, Helen Coleman, Allison Fielder, Colin R Kennedy
• Side to side comparison of topical treatment in atopic dermatitis (1 August, 1998)

  P F Ainley-Walker, L Patel, T J David
• Weaning practice in the Glasgow longitudinal infant growth study (1 August, 1998)

  Shirley-Anne H Savage, John J Reilly, Christine A Edwards, John V G A Durnin
• Management of acute diarrhoea with low osmolarity oral rehydration solutions and Lactobacillusstrain GG

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  T Rautanen, E Isolauri, E Salo, T Vesikari
• Height and weight pattern up to 20 years after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (1 August, 1998)

  N H Birkebæk, N Clausen
• Metacarpal index in short stature before and during growth hormone treatment (1 August, 1998)

  Markus Bettendorf, Karl Graf, Mathias Nelle, Udo E Heinrich, Jochen Tröger
• Linear growth in prepubertal children with atopic dermatitis (1 August, 1998)

  L Patel, P E Clayton, G M Addison, D A Price, T J David
• Outcome of premature thelarche: relation to puberty and final height (1 August, 1998)

  S Salardi, E Cacciari, B Mainetti, L Mazzanti, P Pirazzoli
• Growth in the first two years of uninfected children born to HIV-1 seropositive mothers (1 August, 1998)

  C Agostoni, G V Zuccotti, M Giovannini, S Decarlis, M L Giannì, E Piacentini, E D’Auria, E Riva
• Endocarditis as the first presentation of AIDS in infancy (1 August, 1998)

  Catharina A M van Doorn, Robert Yates, Victor T Tsang