Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

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In this Issue June 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: i; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm043 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

G. J. Ebrahim

Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on May 25, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 147-149; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm042 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Review

Olivia Wolff and Carolyn Maclennan

Evidence behind the WHO Guidelines: Hospital Care for Children: What is the Appropriate Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Children in Developing Countries?
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 150-152; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm030 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers

Get checked abstract Filomena Bernardes de Mello, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Amélia Miyashiro Nunes dos Santos, Helenilce de Paula Fiod Costa, Milton Harumi Miyoshi, and Eduardo Rahme Amaro

Factors Associated with Survival of Very-low-birth-weight Infants in a Brazilian Fee-paying Maternity in the 1990s
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 153-157; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roya Kelishadi, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Gelayol Ardalan, Mohsen Hosseini, Molouk Motaghian, Alireza Delavari, Reza Majdzadeh, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Minou Sadat Mahmoud-Arabi, and Mohammad Mehdi Riazi for the CASPIAN Study Group

First Reference Curves of Waist and Hip Circumferences in An Asian Population of Youths: CASPIAN Study
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 158-164; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shannon Doocy, Brian Crawford, Chantelle Boudreaux, and Earl Wall

The Risks and Impacts of Portering on the Well-Being of Children in Nepal
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on March 25, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 165-170; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Ashraf, T. Ahmed, M. I. Hossain, N. H. Alam, R. Mahmud, S. M. Kamal, M. A. Salam, and G. J. Fuchs

Day-care Management of Children with Severe Malnutrition in an Urban Health Clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on March 17, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 171-178; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mohammadreza Naghipour, Luis E. Cuevas, Tahereh Bakhshinejad, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Smaeil Noursalehi, Ali Alavy, Winifred Dove, and Charles Anthony Hart

Contribution of Viruses, Chlamydia spp. and Mycoplasma pneumoniae to Acute Respiratory Infections in Iranian Children
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on February 7, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 179-184; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adebola Emmanuel Orimadegun, Olufunmi Fawole, James Okorie Okereke, Felix Olukayode Akinbami, and Olugbemiro Sodeinde

Increasing Burden of Childhood Severe Malaria in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital: Implication for Control
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on February 7, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 185-189; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mohamed Ag Bendech, Gil Cusack, Fodé Konaté, Aïssatou Touré, Midiaou Ba, and Shawn K Baker

National Vitamin A Supplementation Coverage Survey among 6–59 Months Old Children in Guinea (West Africa)
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 190-196; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Huq, M. I. Hossain, M. A. Malek, A. S. G. Faruque, and M. A. Salam

Hypoglycaemia in Under-five Children with Diarrhoea
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on March 25, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 197-201; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports

Get checked abstract Valsamma Eapen, Abdul Azim Mabrouk, Taoufik Zoubeidi, and Feisal Yunis

Prevalence of Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Preschool Children in the UAE
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on January 23, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 202-205; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nicholas M. Kiulia, Jason M. Mwenda, Atunga Nyachieo, Julia K. Nyaundi, Andrew D. Steele, and Maureen B. Taylor

Astrovirus Infection in Young Kenyan Children with Diarrhoea
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 206-209; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report

Get checked abstract Dilpreet Kaur, Vani Wasir, Sheffali Gulati, and Arvind Bagga

Unusual Presentation of Plasmodium vivax Malaria with Severe Thrombocytopenia and Acute Renal Failure
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on January 30, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 210-212; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters

Get checked abstract Jayant K. Ghosh, Pallab Majumder, Pragya Pant, Ranju Dutta, and Bal Dev Bhatia

Clinical Profile and Outcome of Conversion Disorder in Children in a Tertiary Hospital of North India
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on April 24, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 213-214; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Malasanos, M. Chaudhari, A. Selman-Almonte, S. Pino, M. Previti, L. Braverman, and A. Rosenbloom

Iodine Deficiency, Iodine Content of Salt and Knowledge of Iodine Supplementation in the Dominican Republic
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 214-216; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm001 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pradyot Prakash, Malay Ranjan Sen, Om Prakash Mishra, Anil Kumar Gulati, Bishwa Nath Shukla, and Gopal Nath

Dot Enzyme Immunoassay (Typhidot®) in Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Children
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on March 25, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 216-217; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

G. J Ebrahim

Survival Analysis: a practical approach, 2nd edn • Machin D, Cheung YB, Parmar MKB
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published on January 10, 2007
J Trop Pediatr 2007 53: 218; doi:10.1093/tropej/fml087 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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