Objectives To investigate the prevalence of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in children aged 0-19 across 7 major ethnic groups. Background In March 2009, researchers in the department of health in ...

Objective To determine whether any children in the UK had variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Design This active ...

Aims Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the commonest neurobehavioural disorder diagnosed in childhood with a chronic course extending into adulthood in at least a third of the ...

Correspondence to Dr Vianney Gilard, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris 5 University, Paris 75015, France; vianneygilard{at}hotmail.fr Objective The aim ...

Department of Paediatric Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1 3JH, UK If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the ...

Objective To determine the safety of ciprofloxacin in paediatric patients in relation to arthropathy, any other adverse events (AEs) and drug interactions. Methods A systematic search of MEDLINE, ...

Objective To determine the safety of ceftriaxone in paediatric patients and systematically evaluate the categories and incidences of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of ceftriaxone in paediatric patients ...

Rationale Studies suggest that increased breastfeeding rates can provide substantial financial savings, but the scale of such savings in the UK is not known. Objective To calculate potential cost ...

Abstract AIMS Minor gastrointestinal abnormalities have been reported in children with asthma, but the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in these children has not been studied. METHODS 75 ...

Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK Dr S Tibby, Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK; Shane.Tibby{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk ...

The rise in non-communicable disease as a principal cause of premature mortality and a continuing failure to address health inequalities requires a critical examination of prevailing paradigms in ...

1 Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK 2 Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, ...