1. Chiral compounds in metabolism: a look in the molecular mirror

   • A. C. Sewell
   • M. Heil
   • A. Mosandl

   REVIEW Pages: 185 - 191

2. Charter on continuing medical education in paediatrics in the European Union

   • V. D'Apuzzo
   • H. Helwig
   • M Siimes on behalf of the Confederation of European Specialists in Paediatrics Working Group on Continuing Medical Education

   SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 192 - 193

3. Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and inhaled nitric oxide on platelets in children with congenital heart defects

   • J. Breuer
   • G. Leube
   • J. Apitz

   CARDIOLOGY Pages: 194 - 201

4. Does the long-term clinical course of type I diabetes mellitus differ in patients with prepubertal and pubertal onset? Results of the Berlin Retinopathy Study

   • O. Kordonouri
   • T. Danne
   • B. Weber

   ENDOCRINOLOGY Pages: 202 - 207

5. Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a Haemophilus influenzae type b tetanus conjugate vaccine when administered separately or mixed with concomitant diphtheria-tetanus-toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine for primary and for booster immunizations

   • H. J. Schmitt
   • F. Zepp
   • R. Clemens

   INFECTIOUS DISEASES Pages: 208 - 214

6. International variation in the management of infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus

   • C. E. Behrendt
   • M. D. Decker
   • for the International RSV Study Group

   INFECTIOUS DISEASES Pages: 215 - 220

7. Antibodies to group B streptococci in neonates and infants

   • S. Berg
   • S. Kasvi
   • T. Lagergård

   INFECTIOUS DISEASES Pages: 221 - 224

8. Partial 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency in an infant with fatal outcome due to progressive respiratory failure

   • U. N. Wiesmann
   • T. Suormala
   • E. R. Baumgartner

   METABOLIC DISEASES Pages: 225 - 229

9. Neonatal risk factors and risk scores including auditory evoked responses

   • J. W. Pasman
   • J. J. Rotteveel
   • A. A. Kollée

   NEONATOLOGY Pages: 230 - 235

10. Thymic cyst haemorrhages and transient cholestasis in a 4-week-old infant

    • L. P. Koopman
    • F. B. Plötz
    • H. Knoester

    NEONATOLOGY Pages: 236 - 238

11. End-stage renal failure in children younger than 6 years: renal transplantation is the therapy of choice

    • U. Vester
    • G. Offner
    • J. Brodehl

    NEPHROLOGY/UROLOGY Pages: 239 - 242

12. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a boy with hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis

    • M. Renard
    • C. Wouters
    • W. Proesmans

    NEPHROLOGY/UROLOGY Pages: 243 - 245

13. Effects of heavy maternal smoking on intrauterine growth patterns in sudden infant death victims and surviving infants

    • J. Schellscheidt
    • G. Jorch
    • J. Menke

    PREVENTIVE PEDIATRICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Pages: 246 - 251

14. Airway obstruction by a child's pacifier – could flange design be safer?

    • D. E. Simkiss
    • I. Sheppard
    • B. R. Pal

    PREVENTIVE PEDIATRICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Pages: 252 - 254

15. An 8-year-old boy with renal failure, nephrolithiasis and bone pain

    • F. Yalçinkaya
    • N. Tümer
    • I. Kuzu

    YOUR DIAGNOSIS? Pages: 255 - 256