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Original articles

• Severe complications of chickenpox in hospitalised children in the UK and Ireland (8 November, 2007) Free

  J C Cameron, G Allan, F Johnston, A Finn, P T Heath, R Booy
• Comparison of metabolic syndrome prevalence using eight different definitions: a critical approach (14 February, 2007)

  Thomas Reinehr, Gideon de Sousa, André Michael Toschke, Werner Andler
• Prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococcus in preschool children attending day care in London (3 September, 2007)

  Anita Roche, Paul T Heath, Mike Sharland, David Strachan, Aodhan Breathnach, John Haigh, Yvonne Young
• Young people’s experiences of managing asthma and diabetes at school (12 September, 2007)

  J Newbould, S-A Francis, F Smith
• Parental attitudes towards the management of asthma in ethnic minorities (6 February, 2007)

  Nigel C Smeeton, Roberto J Rona, Jane Gregory, Patrick White, Myfanwy Morgan
• High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climate (3 September, 2007)

  George McGillivray, Susan A Skull, Gabrielle Davie, Sarah E Kofoed, Alexis Frydenberg, James Rice, Regina Cooke, Jonathan R Carapetis
• Predictors of abdominal pain in schoolchildren: a 4-year population-based prospective study (5 September, 2007)

  A El-Metwally, S Halder, D Thompson, G J Macfarlane, G T Jones
• Recent trends in visual impairment and blindness in the UK (3 August, 2007)

  Florence Bodeau-Livinec, Geraldine Surman, Monique Kaminski, Andrew R Wilkinson, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Jennifer J Kurinczuk
• Vaccine-related pain: randomised controlled trial of two injection techniques (8 August, 2007)

  Moshe Ipp, Anna Taddio, Jonathan Sam, Morton Gladbach, Patricia C Parkin
• The significance of isolated elevation of serum aminotransferases in infants and young children (25 July, 2007)

  Nina Bugeac, Avi Pacht, Hanna Mandel, Theodore Iancu, Ada Tamir, Isaac Srugo, Ron Shaoul
• Diagnosing abuse: a systematic review of torn frenum and other intra-oral injuries (27 April, 2007)

  Sabine Maguire, Bruce Hunter, Lindsay Hunter, Jo Richard Sibert, Mala Mann, Alison Mary Kemp