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Original articles

• Serum leptin concentrations in relation to pubertal development (1 November, 1997)

  Björn Carlsson, Carina Ankarberg, Sten Rosberg, Ensio Norjavaara, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Lena M S Carlsson
• Growth of Pakistani children in relation to the 1990 growth standards (1 November, 1997)

  A M Kelly, N J Shaw, A M C Thomas, P B Pynsent, D J Baker
• Community study of toxoplasma antibodies in urban and rural schoolchildren aged 4 to 18 years (1 November, 1997)

  Mervyn R H Taylor, Bernadette Lennon, Celia V Holland, Mary Cafferkey
• Local variability in respiratory syncytial virus disease severity (1 November, 1997)

  Afke H Brandenburg, Pierre-Yves Jeannet, Henriette A v Steensel-Moll, Alewijn Ott, Philip H Rothbarth, Werner Wunderli, Susanne Suter, Herman J Neijens, Albert D M E Osterhaus, Claire-Anne Siegrist
• Why is sudden infant death syndrome more common at weekends? (1 November, 1997)

  S M Williams, E A Mitchell, R Scragg, the New Zealand National Cot Death Study Group
• Achieving treatment goals for schoolchildren with asthma (1 November, 1997)

  E J Fillmore, N Jones, J M Blankson
• Comparison of Asian and English non-attenders at a hospital outpatient department (1 November, 1997)

  A R Gatrad
• Extradural dermoid tumours of the posterior fossa (1 November, 1997)

  J F Martínez-Lage, J Ramos, A Puche, M Poza
• An unusually severe phenotype for familial adenomatous polyposis (1 November, 1997)

  D M Eccles, P W Lunt, Y Wallis, M Griffiths, B Sandhu, S McKay, D Morton, J Shea-Simonds, F MacDonald
• Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis: impaired collagen metabolism in human skin fibroblasts (1 November, 1997)

  F Breier, S Fang-Kircher, K Wolff, W Jurecka
• Hyperammonaemia with distal renal tubular acidosis (1 November, 1997)

  S G Miller, G J Schwartz
• Changes in the male voice at puberty (1 November, 1997)

  M L L Harries, J M Walker, D M Williams, S Hawkins, I A Hughes
• Q fever tricuspid valve endocarditis (1 November, 1997)

  J M Lupoglazoff, P Brouqui, S Magnier, U Hvass, A Casasoprana
• Depth of insertion of a lumbar puncture needle (1 November, 1997)

  F Craig, J Stroobant, A Winrow, H Davies