1. The pioneers of pediatric medicine

   • H.-R. Wiedemann

   Announcement Pages: 213 - 213

2. Karl-Heinz Schäfer (1911–1985): in memoriam

   • Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann

   Announcement Pages: 214 - 214

3. Gastro-oesophageal reflux—Pathogenesis and clinical implications

   • T. R. Weihrauch

   Review Pages: 215 - 218

4. Mortality in 504 infants weighing less than 1501 g at birth and treated in four neonatal intensive care units of South-Belgium between 1976 and 1980

   • P. Gérard
   • A. Bachy
   • S. El Bouz

   Original Investigations Pages: 219 - 224

5. Preferential blood flow increase to the brain stem in moderate neonatal hypoxia: reversal by naloxone

   • H. C. Lou
   • W. A. Tweed
   • J. M. Davies

   Original Investigations Pages: 225 - 227

6. Vitamin D-binding protein in the perinatal period

   • P. Auconi
   • R. Biagini
   • G. Tortorolo

   Original Investigations Pages: 228 - 229

7. Comparison of the antibacterial effect of uroepithelial cells from healthy donors and children with asymptomatic bacteriuria

   • H. Schulte-Wissermann
   • W. Mannhardt
   • D. Bitter-Suermann

   Original Investigations Pages: 230 - 233

8. Retarded skeletal maturation in children with primary enuresis

   • M. Mimouni
   • A. Shuper
   • I. Varsano

   Original Investigations Pages: 234 - 235

9. Investigation of serum bile acids; seven patients with Alagille syndrome

   • K. Obinata
   • N. Nakatsu
   • T. Miyano

   Original Investigations Pages: 236 - 239

10. High doses of gamma globulin and methylprednisolone therapy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children

    • T. Hara
    • S. Miyazaki
    • N. Goya

    Original Investigations Pages: 240 - 242

11. Increased prevalence of minor anomalies in childhood malignancy

    • K. Méhes
    • E. Signer
    • G. Stalder

    Original Investigations Pages: 243 - 249

12. Invited editorial comment: Study of minor anomalies in childhood malignancy

    • J. C. Carey

    Original Investigations Pages: 250 - 251

13. Invited editorial comment: Study of minor anomalies in childhood malignancy

    • J. M. Opitz

    Original Investigations Pages: 252 - 254

14. Pneumonia in young children with homozygous sickle cell disease: risk and clinical features

    • K. De Ceulaer
    • K. W. McMullen
    • G. R. Serjeant

    Original Investigations Pages: 255 - 258

15. Fatal meningitis due to multi-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b

    • D. Moulin
    • P. Lebecque
    • G. Wauters

    Original Investigations Pages: 259 - 260

16. Gangrene of the buttock: a devastating complication of the infusion of hyperosmolar solutions in the umbilical artery at birth

    • Mario De Curtis
    • Sabino Mastropasqua
    • Marcello Orzalesi

    Original Investigations Pages: 261 - 262

17. Intestinal leiomyosarcoma in childhood

    • W. Y. Lau
    • C. W. Chan

    Original Investigations Pages: 263 - 265

18. Sjögren's syndrome in a child

    • C. Vermylen
    • A. Meurant
    • G. Cornu

    Original Investigations Pages: 266 - 269

19. Congenital renal arteriovenous malformation (aneurysmal type) in childhood

    • S. Wirth
    • W. Baumann
    • H. Schulte-Wissermann

    Original Investigations Pages: 270 - 272

20. Absence of testicular steroid sulphatase activity in a boy with recessive X-linked ichthyosis and testicular maldescent

    • G. Lykkesfeldt
    • J. Müller
    • A. E. Lykkesfeldt

    Short Communications Pages: 273 - 274

21. Giant axonal neuropathy. Endocrinological and histological studies

    • A. Fois
    • P. Balestri
    • S. Calvieri

    Short Communications Pages: 274 - 280

22. Hypocalcaemia induced by glucocorticoids in a child with hypoparathyroidism treated with 1-α-hydroxyvitamin D₃

    • P. Vardi
    • A. Benderly
    • Z. Hochberg

    Short Communications Pages: 280 - 282

23. Chlorambucil central nervous toxicity: a significant side effect of chlorambucil therapy in childhood nephrotic syndrome

    • F. Ichida
    • T. Konishi
    • A. Kimura

    Case Reports Pages: 283 - 286

24. Report of a deletion 11 (qter→q23.3) and short review of the literature

    • W. Küster
    • H. J. Gebauer
    • H. G. Lenard

    Case Reports Pages: 286 - 288

25. Neonatal nemaline myopathy presenting with multiple joint contractures

    • H. U. Bucher
    • E. Boltshauser
    • J. Briner

    Case Reports Pages: 288 - 290

26. Neuroradiological findings in Jadassohn nevus phakomatosis: a report of four cases

    • J. S. H. Vles
    • P. Degraeuwe
    • P. Casaer

    Case Reports Pages: 290 - 294

27. Infantile colic

    • Alexander K. C. Leung

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 294 - 294

28. Nose drops and the common cold

    • Sinasi Özsoylu

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 294 - 294

29. Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome and hypothyroidism

    • Alexander K. C. Leung

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 295 - 295