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Original articles

• Distinguishing between bacterial and aseptic meningitis in children: European comparison of two clinical decision rules (24 November, 2010)

  François Dubos, Bartosz Korczowski, Denizmen A Aygun, Alain Martinot, Cristina Prat, Annick Galetto-Lacour, Juan Casado-Flores, Erdal Taskin, Francis Leclerc, Carlos Rodrigo, Alain Gervaix, Dominique Gendrel, Gérard Bréart, Martin Chalumeau
• Validation of a laboratory risk index score for the identification of severe bacterial infection in children with fever without source (24 November, 2010)

  Annick Galetto-Lacour, Samuel A Zamora, Barbara Andreola, Silvia Bressan, Laurence Lacroix, Liviana Da Dalt, Alain Gervaix
• Accuracy of tympanic and infrared skin thermometers in children (24 November, 2010)

  B F Paes, K Vermeulen, R M Brohet, T van der Ploeg, J P de Winter
• IgE in childhood asthma: relevance of demographic characteristics and polysensitisation (24 November, 2010)

  M Silvestri, A Pistorio, E Battistini, G A Rossi
• Health experiences of adolescents with uncontrolled severe asthma (24 November, 2010)

  Kate Edgecombe, Sue Latter, Sheila Peters, Graham Roberts
• Correlates of hypertension among urban Asian Indian adolescents (24 November, 2010)

  Ruchika Goel, Anoop Misra, Sunil K Agarwal, Naval Vikram
• Nocturnal hypoventilation: predictors and outcomes in childhood progressive neuromuscular disease (24 November, 2010)

  Sherri L Katz, Isabelle Gaboury, Krista Keilty, Brenda Banwell, Jiri Vajsar, Peter Anderson, Andy Ni, Ian MacLusky
• Protective effect of exclusive breastfeeding against infections during infancy: a prospective study (24 November, 2010)

  Fani Ladomenou, Joanna Moschandreas, Anthony Kafatos, Yiannis Tselentis, Emmanouil Galanakis
• Variant interleukin 1 receptor antagonist gene alleles in sudden infant death syndrome (24 November, 2010)

  Amanda R Highet, Catherine S Gibson, Paul N Goldwater
• Seroprevalence of Borrelia IgG antibodies among young Swedish children in relation to reported tick bites, symptoms and previous treatment for Lyme borreliosis: a population-based survey (24 November, 2010)

  Barbro H Skogman, Christina Ekerfelt, Johnny Ludvigsson, Pia Forsberg
• Application of the CHALICE clinical prediction rule for intracranial injury in children outside the UK: impact on head CT rate (24 November, 2010) Free

  Louise Crowe, Vicki Anderson, Franz E Babl
• Low quality of reporting adverse drug reactions in paediatric randomised controlled trials (24 November, 2010)

  Tjalling W de Vries, Eric N van Roon
• Adherence to safety guidelines on paediatric procedural sedation: the results of a nationwide survey under general paediatricians in The Netherlands (24 November, 2010)

  P L J M Leroy, F H M Nieman, H E Blokland-Loggers, D M Schipper, L J I Zimmermann, J T A Knape
• Can actigraphy measure sleep fragmentation in children? (24 November, 2010)

  D M O'Driscoll, A M Foster, M J Davey, G M Nixon, R S C Horne