1. The pioneers of pediatric medicine

   • L. J. Dooren
   • L. -R. Wiedemann

   Announcement Pages: 329 - 329

2. Pathogenic factors in recurrent urinary tract infections and renal scar formation in children

   • W. Mannhardt
   • O. Schofer
   • H. Schulte-Wissermann

   Review Pages: 330 - 336

3. Improved outcome in very low birth weight infants from 1977 to 1983

   • G. Haas
   • M. Buchwald-Saal
   • H. Mentzel

   Original Investigations Pages: 337 - 340

4. Obstetrical and neonatal risk factors in very low birth weight infants related to their neurological development

   • G. Haas
   • B. Asprion
   • H. Mentzel

   Original Investigations Pages: 341 - 346

5. Auditory brainstem response in neonates with asphyxia and intracranial haemorrhage

   • A. Yasuhara
   • Y. Kinoshita
   • Y. Kobayashi

   Original Investigations Pages: 347 - 350

6. Polysomnographic studies and home monitoring of siblings of SIDS victims and of infants with no family history of sudden infant death

   • A. Kahn
   • D. Blum
   • L. Montauk

   Original Investigations Pages: 351 - 356

7. Effects of naloxone on apnoea duration during sleep in infants at risk for SIDS

   • R. Haidmayer
   • R. Kerbl
   • T. Kenner

   Original Investigations Pages: 357 - 360

8. Scanning electron microscopy of epithelial lesions induced by artificial ventilation of the immature neonatal lung; the prophylactic effect of surfactant replacement

   • G. Grossmann
   • R. Nilsson
   • B. Robertson

   Original Investigations Pages: 361 - 367

9. Renal functional maturation: renal handling of proteins by mature and immature newborns

   • R. G. Galaske

   Original Investigations Pages: 368 - 371

10. Influence of haemodialysis and renal transplantation on trace element concentrations in children with chronic renal failure

    • M. Wilhelm
    • B. Hanewinckel
    • F. Bläker

    Original Investigations Pages: 372 - 376

11. Statistical analysis of statural grwoth following kidney transplantation

    • R. S. Fennell III
    • J. T. Love
    • G. A. Richard

    Original Investigations Pages: 377 - 379

12. Pulsed methylprednisolone therapy compared to high dose prednisone in systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis

    • E. H. Garin
    • J. W. Sleasman
    • R. S. Fennell

    Original Investigations Pages: 380 - 383

13. Pubertal development in male hypopituitarism

    • A. S. Martínez
    • J. J. Heinrich
    • C. Bergadá

    Original Investigations Pages: 384 - 388

14. Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II: extreme end organ resistance to 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D₃ in a patient without alopecia

    • L. J. Fraher
    • R. Karmali
    • J. L. H. O'Riordan

    Original Investigations Pages: 389 - 395

15. Prevalence and treatment of silent gastro-oesophageal reflux in children with recurrent respiratory disorders

    • J. P. Buts
    • C. Barudi
    • J. B. Otte

    Original Investigations Pages: 396 - 400

16. Correlation between the saliva and free serum concentration of phenobarbital in epileptic children

    • K. Tokugawa
    • K. Ueda
    • T. Kurokawa

    Original Investigations Pages: 401 - 402

17. Glutaric aciduria type 1: biochemical investigations and postmortem findings

    • M. J. Bennett
    • N. Marlow
    • J. K. H. Wales

    Original Investigations Pages: 403 - 405

18. Carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency with no detectable mRNA activity

    • Y. Suzuki
    • A. Matsushima
    • T. Orii

    Original Investigations Pages: 406 - 408

19. A Chinese family with phenylketonuria and maternal phenylketonuria detected by family screening

    • K. -J. Hsiao
    • C. -H. Chen
    • K. -D. Wuu

    Original Investigations Pages: 409 - 412

20. Progressive cerebellar and extrapyramidal motor disturbances in galactosaemic twins

    • H. Böhles
    • D. Wenzel
    • Y. S. Shin

    Original Investigations Pages: 413 - 417

21. Phagocytic activities in neonatal monocytes

    • Ch. P. Speer
    • M. Wieland
    • M. Gahr

    Original Investigations Pages: 418 - 421

22. A paediatric case of sideroblastic anaemia

    • M. Claustres
    • H. Vannereau
    • C. Sultan

    Original Investigations Pages: 422 - 427

23. Biochemical, morphological and immunological findings in a patient with a cutis laxa-associated inborn disorder (De Barsy syndrome)

    • B. F. Pontz
    • F. Zepp
    • H. Stöß

    Original Investigations Pages: 428 - 434

24. Pancreatoblastoma in a neonate with Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome

    • T. H. H. G. Koh
    • J. E. Cooper
    • E. Blum Hoffmann

    Original Investigations Pages: 435 - 438

25. Increased chromosomal breakage in epileptic children after long-term treatment

    • P. Curatolo
    • V. Brinchi
    • P. Benedetti

    Short Communications Pages: 439 - 442

26. Cloverleaf skull associated with Pfeiffer syndrome: pathology and management

    • R. A. Kroczek
    • W. Mühlbauer
    • I. Zimmermann

    Case Reports Pages: 442 - 445

27. Dermatitis herpetiformis and growth retardation

    • U. Kuhnle
    • R. Bertele-Harms
    • M. Meurer

    Case Reports Pages: 446 - 448

28. Kawasaki disease associated with ulcerative colitis

    • J. Doerfer
    • S. Wässer

    Letters to the Editors Pages: 448 - 449

29. Successful treatment of intrauterine supraventricular tachycardia and hydrops fetalis with digoxin

    • J. M. Bertrand
    • P. Dubois
    • L. Withofs

    Letters to the Editors Pages: 449 - 449

30. Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica of the ulna

    • J. C. Hoeffel
    • F. Capron
    • C. Bernard

    Letters to the Editors Pages: 450 - 450

31. Frequency of successive rotavirus infections among infants in a nursery home measured by coproantibody conversion

    • Tatsuhiko Shinozaki
    • Kazuko Araki
    • Ryochi Fujii

    Letters to the Editors Pages: 450 - 451