ADC is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and as highlighted by the introductory article by Dr Bulock, this article, along ...

Background and aims The centenary of Archives of Disease in Childhood ( ADC ) presents an opportunity to reflect on a century ...

Despite a wealth of studies demonstrating that a significant minority of parents are affected psychologically by their child’s admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), there is still little ...

Background It is suggested that late initiation of toilet training contributes to functional gastrointestinal disorders in children. This study aims to evaluate if assisted infant toilet training can ...

Jean Aicardi In paediatric practice, the term ‘funny turn’ is commonly used to refer to a child presenting with paroxysmal episodes of transient loss of consciousness, blank staring, unusual behaviour ...

1 Mother and Infant Research Unit, University of Leeds, 22 Hyde Terrace, Leeds LS2 9LN, UK 2 Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Margaret Smith Building, University of Leeds, 30 Hyde Terrace, Leeds LS2 ...

Correspondence to Dr Manjusha Narayanan, Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, Infection prevention and control, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK; ...

Mixed longitudinal data on the physical changes at puberty in 228 normal boys are presented together with normal standards for stages of genital and pubic hair development. The genitalia began to ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, ...

Vitamin B12 levels are often recommended for children. Locally, we note many children have B12 levels above the upper limit of normal (771 ng/L1). We receive frequent advice requests from GPs ...

Correspondence to Dr Allison Low, Department of Paediatrics, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2TH, UK; allison.low{at}nhs.net A 3-year-old is seen in Accident & Emergency with ...

Division of Dysmorphology Teratology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, California, USA Dr L Stellwagen, Mail Code 8774, Division of Neonatology, University of California, San ...