In a follow up study of persistence of antibodies following vaccination, a third of 73 children had poor understanding of the reason for venepuncture in the study following consent.  Here.

73% of 102 newborn infants in this US series had some sort of facial asymmetry.  Here.

Rates for all sorts of serious injuries suffered by children across England were closely related to socio-economic status, but vary with social setting.  Here.

In a case notes review of 121 patients receiving pizotifen, children had a greater weight gain than would be expected but this could not be correlated with the specific dose given, or with the response of the patient to therapy.  Here.

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A case-controlled follow up study of 103 children admitted to hospital radiologically confirmed community acquired pneumonia revealed, at an average of 5.3 years after the pneumonia, an increased risk of persistent symptoms and lung function deficits.   Here.

In a cohort of 2500 twins aged 6 to 18 years from rural China, blood pressure is positively associated with measures of adiposity like BMI.  Here.

This post collects together the precis of the major articles - perspectives, leading articles and original articles - in the April 2008 issue. more…

Perspective:  Fry examines the evidence for screening for problems with growth.  Here.

Perspective:  Williamson and Little review the evidence for grommets.  Here.

Perspective:  Blair and Fleming look at the risks for recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome.  Here.