EDUCATION & PRACTICE: THE DEBUT OF A NEW SECTION

Since the launch of Education & Practice four years ago, we have tried to add new sections that focus on clinical care. Both Dermatophile and Illuminations reflect our desire to expand and diversify our offerings—both dermatology and radiology are important parts of paediatric care. Over the past year, Ian Wacogne, a consultant paediatrician from Birmingham, and an Associate Editor, who has also spearheaded our RSS feeds and blogs on ADC, has worked diligently to develop yet another new section—Interpretations. This section will focus on new diagnostic tests, both those that are traditionally laboratory based, such as tests for allergy or coeliac disease, as well as those that are less common—for example, questionnaires for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this issue, Carter and Syed-Sabir review various surveys that can help in the diagnostic evaluation of children with suspected ADHD. If you have any suggestions for Ian, feel free to contact him at ian.wacogne@googlemail.com.

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AUTISM AND MMR: LETTERS, A RESPONSE AND THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

In February 2008 we published, ahead of print, an article by Gillian Baird and colleagues that assessed the relationship between measles vaccination and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). …