Objective: The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of a short, highly structured parent based language intervention group programme for 2-year-old children with ...

2 Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Background Accelerated infant weight gain in individuals born full term is linked to cardiovascular risk in adulthood, ...

3 Department of Pediatrics, St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr Juliette M T M Rutten, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Emma ...

The term Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) encompasses a group of inherited connective tissue disorders. The manifestations of EDS can be seen in skin, joints, blood vessels and internal organs and vary ...

Correspondence to: Professor A M Weindling Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Crown St, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK; a.m.weindlingliv.ac.uk A ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in childhood and adolescence is an impairing condition, associated with a specific set of distressing symptoms incorporating repetitive, intrusive thoughts ...

Objective To determine whether demographic and diagnostic characteristics were associated with location of death in a series of children with life-limiting illnesses. Design A population-level case ...

Background Functional symptoms can be defined as physical symptoms without a physical cause. Pervasive Arousal Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), which can be conceptualised as an extreme functional disorder ...

Medical Research Council/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to Dr Alison Parkes, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University ...

Correspondence to Professor T J Cole, Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; tim.cole{at}ucl.ac.uk Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't ...