1. What the paediatricians need—the launch of paediatric research in Europe

   • José Ramet

   Special Article 22 February 2005 Pages: 263 - 265

2. Vascular rings—presentation, investigation and outcome

   • Alastair Turner
   • Gil Gavel
   • Jonathan Coutts

   Original Paper 22 January 2005 Pages: 266 - 270

   

3. Prevalence of fat redistribution and metabolic disorders in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children

   • Ana María Sánchez Torres
   • Raquel Munoz Muniz
   • María Isabel De José Gómez

   Original Paper 14 January 2005 Pages: 271 - 276

4. Common mutations F310L and T1559del in the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase gene are related to distinct phenotypes in Japanese patients with hypophosphatasia

   • Toshimi Michigami
   • Takayuki Uchihashi
   • Keiichi Ozono

   Original Paper 20 January 2005 Pages: 277 - 282

   

5. Tight skin and limited joint movements as early presentation of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria in a 7-week-old infant

   • Lieve Sevenants
   • Carine Wouters
   • Marie-Anne Morren

   Original Paper 22 February 2005 Pages: 283 - 286

   

6. Idiopathic male pseudohermaphroditism is associated with prenatal growth retardation

   • Francisco de Andrade Machado Neto
   • André Moreno Morcillo
   • Gil Guerra-Junior

   Original Paper 12 February 2005 Pages: 287 - 291

7. Population-based study of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants in Switzerland

   • Juliane Hentschel
   • Thomas M. Berger
   • the Swiss Neonatal Network

   Original Paper 15 February 2005 Pages: 292 - 297

   

8. Biotinidase deficiency: the importance of adequate follow-up for an inconclusive newborn screening result

   • Trevor L. Hoffman
   • Erin M. Simon
   • Can Ficicioglu

   Original Paper 15 February 2005 Pages: 298 - 301

   

9. A case of idiopathic sclerosing mediastinitis in a 7-year-old Japanese boy

   • Tomoko Shinkawa
   • Mitsuru Nakajima
   • Akira Yoshioka

   Original Paper 22 February 2005 Pages: 302 - 305

   

10. Colorectal cancer in two pre-teenage siblings with familial adenomatous polyposis

    • Silvija Jerkic
    • Hendrik Rosewich
    • Jutta Gärtner

    Original Paper 22 February 2005 Pages: 306 - 310

    

11. Severe combined immunodeficiency caused by a splicing abnormality of the CD3δ gene

    • Hidetoshi Takada
    • Akihiko Nomura
    • Toshiro Hara

    Original Paper 24 February 2005 Pages: 311 - 314

    

12. Occurrence of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis at less than 1 year of age: analysis of 96 patients

    • Shinsaku Imashuku
    • Ikuyo Ueda
    • Eiichi Ishii

    Original Paper 25 February 2005 Pages: 315 - 319

    

13. Acceptance and timeliness of standard vaccination in children with chronic neurological deficits in north-western Switzerland

    • Bettina Ute Tillmann
    • Hanns-Christian Tillmann
    • Peter Weber

    Original Paper 25 February 2005 Pages: 320 - 325

    

14. Familial West syndrome and dystonia caused by an Aristaless related homeobox gene mutation

    • Gabriele Wohlrab
    • Goekhan Uyanik
    • Eugen Boltshauser

    Short Report 22 February 2005 Pages: 326 - 328

    

15. Prevention and management of meconium aspiration syndrome—assessment of evidence based practice

    • Anne Greenough
    • Ashok Pulikot
    • Gabriel Dimitriou

    Short Report 25 February 2005 Pages: 329 - 330

16. Surfactant lavage for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-requiring meconium aspiration syndrome —a cheap alternative

    • Thierry Lejeune
    • Riccardo E. Pfister

    Short Report 22 February 2005 Pages: 331 - 333

    

17. Rituximab treatment in refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children

    • Jelena Roganovic

    Correspondence 15 February 2005 Pages: 334 - 334

18. Life-threatening complications of transient abnormal myelopoiesis in neonates with Down syndrome

    • Sabine Dormann
    • Marcus Krüger
    • Charlotte Niemeyer

    Erratum 15 February 2005 Pages: 335 - 335