Perspectives:

Editors should not be propagandists

Harvey Marcovitch

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 827-828. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.169011

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Action on immunisation: no data, no action

N S Crowcroft

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 829-830.
Published Online First: 11 November 2008. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.138776

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Atoms:

Atoms

Howard Bauchner

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: i. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.174698

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Leading articles:

With new prenatal testing, will babies with Down syndrome slowly disappear?

Brian G Skotko

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 823-826.
Published Online First: 15 June 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.166017

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Original articles:

Reporting of MMR evidence in professional publications: 1988–2007

S Hilton, K Hunt, M Langan, V Hamilton, and M Petticrew

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 831-833.
Published Online First: 3 May 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.154310

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Psychological outcome and quality of life in children born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

M G Peetsold, J Huisman, V E Hofman, H A Heij, H Raat, and R J Gemke

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 834-840.
Published Online First: 15 June 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.156158

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Novel hypothesis for unexplained sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI)

A R Highet, A M Berry, and P N Goldwater

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 841-843.
Published Online First: 3 May 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.158352

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Effects of early childhood lead exposure on academic performance and behaviour of school age children

K Chandramouli, C D Steer, M Ellis, and A M Emond

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 844-848.
Published Online First: 21 September 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.149955

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The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia

N Gombojav, S Manaseki-Holland, J Pollock, and A J Henderson

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 849-854.
Published Online First: 1 July 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.157115

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Pubertal anthropometry in sons and daughters of women with preeclamptic or normotensive pregnancies

B Ogland, L J Vatten, P R Romundstad, S T Nilsen, and M R Forman

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 855-859.
Published Online First: 1 July 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.150870

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Which clinical features distinguish inflicted from non-inflicted brain injury? A systematic review

S Maguire, N Pickerd, D Farewell, M Mann, V Tempest, and A M Kemp

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 860-867.
Published Online First: 15 June 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.150110

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The descriptive epidemiology of congenital and acquired cryptorchidism in a UK infant cohort

C L Acerini, H L Miles, D B Dunger, K K Ong, and I A Hughes

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 868-872.
Published Online First: 18 June 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.150219

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Do retinal haemorrhages occur in infants with convulsions?

A I Curcoy, V Trenchs, M Morales, A Serra, M Pineda, and J Pou

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 873-875.
Published Online First: 6 August 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.132522

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Modification of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids via complementary food enhances n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis in healthy infants: a double blinded randomised controlled trial

J Schwartz, K Dube, W Sichert-Hellert, F Kannenberg, C Kunz, H Kalhoff, and M Kersting

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 876-882.
Published Online First: 4 February 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.146027

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The association of clinical findings and exposure profiles with melamine associated nephrolithiasis

I J Wang, Y N Wu, W C Wu, G Leonardi, Y J Sung, T J Lin, C L Wang, C F Kuo, K Y Wu, W C Cheng, C C Chan, P C Chen, and S-L Lin

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 883-887.
Published Online First: 15 July 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.163477

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How well do vital signs identify children with serious infections in paediatric emergency care?

M Thompson, N Coad, A Harnden, R Mayon-White, R Perera, and D Mant

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 888-893.
Published Online First: 15 July 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.159095

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Short report:

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): characteristics of deaths since the fall in SIDS in the French region of Languedoc-Roussillon

C Rouleau, A F Bongrand, O Pidoux, E Roustan, L Martrille, J-C Picaud, V Costes-Martineau, and G Cambonie

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 894-896.
Published Online First: 6 August 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.161901

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Case reports:

Opsoclonus myoclonus: a non-epileptic movement disorder that may present as status epilepticus

S V Haden, M A McShane, and C M Holt

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 897-899. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.160044

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Archimedes:

Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians

Bob Phillips

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 909.

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QUESTION 1. Efficacy of vagal nerve stimulation in children with medically intractable epilepsy

Samir Amin and Karen Hebert

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 909-911. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.163402

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QUESTION 2. Should an infant who is breastfeeding poorly and has a tongue tie undergo a tongue tie division?

Vanessa Algar

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 911-912. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.163428

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QUESTION 3. Does the clinical finding of ear wax exclude the finding of otitis media?

Natasha Ahmad and Ian Wacogne

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 912-913. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.163451

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Reviews:

Child health in Colombia

G Arias Nieto, F Suescun Mutis, R Mercer, M Bonati, and I Choonara

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 900-903.
Published Online First: 7 July 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.152538

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis

K Windebank and V Nanduri

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 904-908.
Published Online First: 19 May 2009. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.125872

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PostScript:

An audit of urine culture results in well infants attending a prolonged jaundice clinic

V Satwik and D Booth

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 914. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.157396

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Decline of hospital admissions for MMR vaccinations in children with egg allergy

P Govindaraj, M Alfaham, C Davies, and D Tuthill

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 914-915. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.166371

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George Frederic Still

A Craft and H Jackson

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 915. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.161224

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Neurological assessment in the first two years of life

S Suri

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 915. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.157768

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Miscellanea:

Treatment for cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 840. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.170266

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Increase in childhood type 1 diabetes in Europe

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 875. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.170274

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Prolonged breast feeding reduces later cardiovascular risk

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 882. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.167221

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Low back pain: do not forget the sacroiliac joint!

N Brown, M S Thyagarajan, K Johnson, and A V Ramanan

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 899. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.160143

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Lucina

Arch Dis Child 2009; 94: 916. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.174706

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