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Original articles

• Delphi study into planning for care of children in major incidents (1 May, 1999)

  Simon D Carley, Kevin Mackway-Jones, Stuart Donnan
• Planning for major incidents involving children by implementing a Delphi study (1 May, 1999)

  Kevin Mackway-Jones, Simon D Carley, Joan Robson
• Validation of an asthma symptom diary for interventional studies (1 May, 1999)

  Nancy C Santanello, Glenn Davies, Stanley P Galant, Andrew Pedinoff, Richard Sveum, James Seltzer, Beth C Seidenberg, Barbara A Knorr
• A randomised controlled trial to assess the relative benefits of large volume spacers and nebulisers to treat acute asthma in hospital (1 May, 1999)

  A L Dewar, A Stewart, J J Cogswell, G J Connett
• Withdrawal and limitation of life support in paediatric intensive care (1 May, 1999)

  A Y T Goh, L C S Lum, P W K Chan, F Bakar, B O Chong
• GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection in HIV infected patients with haemophilia despite treatment with virus inactivated clotting factor concentrates (1 May, 1999)

  Joachim Woelfle, Thomas Berg, Ralf Bialek, Klaus Michael Keller, Wolfgang Effenberger, Norbert Wagner
• Childhood tuberculosis in an urban population in South Africa: burden and risk factor (1 May, 1999)

  A van Rie, N Beyers, R P Gie, M Kunneke, L Zietsman, P R Donald
• Insulin-like growth factor I response during nutritional rehabilitation of persistent diarrhoea (1 May, 1999)

  Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Peter Bang, Eva Karlsson, Lars Hagenäs, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Olle Söder
• Failure of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 to diagnose growth hormone insufficiency (1 May, 1999)

  H Mitchell, M T Dattani, V Nanduri, P C Hindmarsh, M A Preece, C G D Brook
• Plasma vasopressin and response to treatment in primary nocturnal enuresis (1 May, 1999)

  H Devitt, P Holland, R Butler, E Redfern, E Hiley, G Roberts
• Ovarian function after bone marrow transplantation performed before menarche (1 May, 1999)

  M Matsumoto, O Shinohara, H Ishiguro, T Shimizu, K Hattori, M Ichikawa, H Yabe, C Kubota, M Yabe, S Kato
• Unscheduled return visits within 72 hours to an assessment unit (1 May, 1999)

  M K Lal, M S Kibirige
• Outcome of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency after diagnosis (1 May, 1999)

  Callum J Wilson, Michael P Champion, Jane E Collins, Peter T Clayton, James V Leonard
• An inborn error of bile acid synthesis (3β-hydroxy-Δ⁵-C₂₇-steroid dehydrogenase deficiency) presenting as malabsorption leading to rickets

  (1 May, 1999)

  Anthony K Akobeng, Peter T Clayton, Victor Miller, Maurice Super, Adrian G Thomas
• Improved prognosis for congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type in Irish families (1 May, 1999)

  J M Savage, J A Jefferson, A P Maxwell, A E Hughes, J H Shanks, D Gill
• Prolonged QT interval in Rett syndrome (1 May, 1999)

  C J Ellaway, G Sholler, H Leonard, J Christodoulou
• Hereditary pancreatitis and mutation of the trypsinogen gene (1 May, 1999)

  P Weber, V Keim, K P Zimmer