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A brief digest of the September issue
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In the September issue:
Perspectives
Clarke and Shearer review the history of discovery and rediscover of this rare but important bleeding disorder of the newborn. (pp 742–3)
bleeding
Williams reflects that vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is a long established problem which has yet to be effectively prevented. (pp 740–1)
Dawodu and Wagner look at strategies to prevent vitamin D deficiency in mothers and children. (pp 737–40)
Leading articles
Powell discusses the consequences of
Relevant Articles
- Mother-child vitamin D deficiency: an international perspective
- Adekunle Dawodu and Carol L Wagner
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 737-740.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Vitamin D in pregnancy: an old problem still to be solved?
- A F Williams
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 740-741.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit: the first 20 years
- Richard Lynn and Euan Ross
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 744-745.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Dilemmas in the medical treatment of patients facing inevitable death
- Robin Powell
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 746-749.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in newborn infants of high-risk mothers
- S H Dijkstra, A van Beek, J W Janssen, L H M de Vleeschouwer, W A Huysman, and E L T van den Akker
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 750-753.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Very prematurely born infants wheezing at follow-up: lung function and risk factors
- Simon Broughton, Mark R Thomas, Louise Marston, Sandra A Calvert, Neil Marlow, Janet L Peacock, Gerrard F Rafferty, and Anne Greenough
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 776-780.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Does polymeric formula improve adherence to liquid diet therapy in children with active Crohns disease?
- A F Rodrigues, T Johnson, P Davies, and M S Murphy
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 767-770.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in Great Britain and Ireland: British Paediatric Surveillance Unit Surveys, 1993–94 and 2001–02
- Andrew McNinch, Alison Busfield, and John Tripp
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 759-766.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Severity of meningococcal infections is related to anthropometrical parameters
- N Perez, L Regairaz, J Bustamante, N Osimani, D Bergna, J Morales, M R Agosti, S Gonzalez-Ayala, C Peltzer, and A Rodrigo
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 790-794.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis in Great Britain and Ireland: the impact of perceived risk and product licensing on effectiveness
- Alison Busfield, Andrew McNinch, and John Tripp
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 754-758.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The contribution of single antigen measles, mumps and rubella vaccines to immunity to these infections in England and Wales
- Pam Sonnenberg, Natasha S Crowcroft, Joanne M White, and Mary E Ramsay
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 786-789.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Selective dorsal rhizotomy for children with cerebral palsy: the Oswestry experience
- G F Cole, S E Farmer, A Roberts, C Stewart, and J H Patrick
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 781-785.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Parental food allergy information needs: a qualitative study
- Wendy Hu, Carol Grbich, and Andrew Kemp
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 771-775.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Vitamin K deficiency bleeding: the readiness is all
- Paul Clarke and Martin J Shearer
Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: 741-743.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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