A child presenting with unexplained fractures and skin lesions was subsequently demonstrated to have Job Syndrome. Here.

In a prospective study of 1411 young people aged 11 to 14, 22% developed abdominal pain at one year which persisted to 4 years, with previous somatic symptom reporting being a predictor. Here.

In 251 Bangladeshi children with severe and very severe pneumonia 93% were successfully treated using a day care facility with parents providing night time ongoing care. Here.

Invasive Hib infection in the UK is associated with having a single parent and with increased courses of antibiotics; both markers for social deprivation. Here.

This post collects together the precis of the major articles - perspectives, leading articles and original articles - in the September 2007 issue. 

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Perspective:  Dowodu and Wagner look at strategies to prevent vitamin D deficiency in mothers and children.  Here.

Perspective:  Williams reflects that Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is a long established problem which has yet to be effectively prevented.  Here.

Perpective:  Clarke and Shearer review the history of discovery and rediscovery of this rare but important bleeding disorder of the newborn.  Here.

Leading article:  Lynn and Ross look back at the first 40 years of the functioning of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit.  Here.

Leading article:  Powell discusses the consequences of the UK judgement which compelled doctors to provide care to a child with SMA.  Here.