1. The pioneers of pediatric medicine

   • H. -R. Wiedemann

   Announcement Pages: 1 - 1

2. Editorial

   • J. Spranger

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

3. The common cold

   • G. B. Stickler
   • T. F. Smith
   • D. D. Broughton

   Review Pages: 4 - 8

4. Errors of morphogenesis and inborn errors of immunity 20 years after the discovery of DiGeorge anomaly

   • G. R. Burgio
   • A. G. Ugazio

   Annotation Pages: 9 - 12

5. Atypical phenylketonuria with “dihydrobiopterin synthetase” deficiency: Absence of phosphate-eliminating enzyme activity demonstrated in liver

   • A. Niederwieser
   • W. Leimbacher
   • D. Leupold

   Original Investigations Pages: 13 - 16

6. Decreased vigilance and neurotransmitter synthesis after discontinuation of dietary treatment for phenylketonuria in adolescents

   • H. C. Lou
   • F. Güttler
   • A. Niederwieser

   Original Investigations Pages: 17 - 20

7. Intestinal absorption and renal excretion of biotin in patients with biotinidase deficiency

   • T. Suormala
   • H. Wick
   • E. R. Baumgartner

   Original Investigations Pages: 21 - 26

8. Food-induced thermogenesis in obese children

   • D. Molnár
   • P. Varga
   • J. Mestyán

   Original Investigations Pages: 27 - 31

9. Arm muscle and fat in the evaluation of nutritional status. A study of African pre-school children in three different environments

   • J. -P. Manshande
   • J. Vuylsteke
   • R. Eeckels

   Original Investigations Pages: 32 - 36

10. Serum bile acids and their conjugates in breast-fed infants with prolonged jaundice

    • Y. Tazawa
    • M. Yamada
    • K. Tada

    Original Investigations Pages: 37 - 40

11. Calcium homeostasis in the first days of life in relation to feeding

    • F. Bagnoli
    • S. Bruchi
    • R. Bracci

    Original Investigations Pages: 41 - 44

12. Daily intake of selenium by bottle-fed infants in Belgium

    • E. Roekens
    • H. Robberecht
    • R. Clara

    Original Investigations Pages: 45 - 48

13. Plasma fibronectin concentrations in healthy and septic infants

    • M. Domula
    • K. Bykowska
    • M. Kopeé

    Original Investigations Pages: 49 - 52

14. Lung function in children and adolescents with antecedents of acute rheumatic fever

    • A. Noseda
    • J. C. Yernault
    • D. Baran

    Original Investigations Pages: 53 - 55

15. Disseminated neonatal herpes simplex virus infection acquired from the father

    • H. van der Wiel
    • H. T. Weiland
    • H. M. Berger

    Original Investigations Pages: 56 - 57

16. The fluorescent immunosorbent test for IgG gliadin antibodies and the leucocyte migration inhibition test in coeliac disease; comparison of diagnostic value

    • R. M. Bertele
    • A. Bürgin-Wolff
    • H. K. Harms

    Original Investigations Pages: 58 - 62

17. Severe illness caused by the products of bacterial metabolism in a child with a short gut

    • E. Haan
    • G. Brown
    • G. Barnes

    Original Investigations Pages: 63 - 65

18. Fronto-nasal dysplasia and lipoma of the corpus callosum

    • I. Pascual-Castroviejo
    • S. I. Pascual-Pascual
    • A. Pérez-Higueras

    Original Investigations Pages: 66 - 71

19. Cimetidine pharmacokinetics and dosage requirements in children

    • A. Somogyi
    • M. Becker
    • R. Gugler

    Original Investigations Pages: 72 - 76

20. Congenital chyloperitoneum: direct comparison of medium-chain triglyceride treatment with total parenteral nutrition

    • R. A. Kroczek

    Short Communications Pages: 77 - 79

21. Caudal dysplasia and femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome: different manifestations of the same disorder?

    • F. Riedel
    • Ursula Froster-Iskenius

    Short Communications Pages: 80 - 82

22. Anomalous eosinophil granulocytes in blood and bone marrow: a diagnostic marker for infantile GM₁-gangliosidosis?

    • R. Gitzelmann
    • M. A. Spycher
    • B. Steinmann

    Short Communications Pages: 82 - 84

23. Increased urinary excretion of acid mucopolysaccharides and glycopeptides in hypothyroidism following thyroid hormone therapy

    • T. Tokoro
    • Y. Eto

    Short Communications Pages: 84 - 86

24. Severe dyspnea and dysphagia resulting from an aberrant cervical thymus

    • T. Bistritzer
    • A. Tamir
    • M. Aladjem

    Short Communications Pages: 86 - 87

25. Parental age and birth order effects in children with febrile convulsions

    • John S. H. Tay
    • William C. L. Yip
    • H. B. Wong

    Short Communications Pages: 88 - 89

26. Coexistent coeliac disease, Graves' disease and diabetes mellitus type 1 in a patient with Down syndrome

    • W. Ruch
    • K. Schürmann
    • J. Girard

    Case Reports Pages: 89 - 90

27. Drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell's syndrome) in a 4-year-old girl

    • Chr. Luderschmidt
    • O. Linderkamp
    • J. Ring

    Case Reports Pages: 91 - 93

28. Moyamoya disease with a developmental anomaly of the mesenchyme

    • Y. Kato
    • T. Kurokawa
    • T. Matsushima

    Case Reports Pages: 93 - 95

29. 10th Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Haematology and Immunology

    • Organizers, 10th Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Haematology and Immunology

    Abstracts Pages: 97 - 116