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Kozlowski PB, Snider DA, Vietze PM, Wisniewski HM, eds. Brain in Pediatric AIDS (Proceedings of the Conference on Brain in Pediatr HIV Infection, New York, July 24–25, 1989). Basel: Karger, 1990.
Philip A. Mackowiak, ed, Fever–Basic Mechanisms and Management. New York: Raven Press, 1991.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Copenhagen: Munksgaard. Four issues per year.
Siegel M, ed. Pediatric Ultrasonography. New York: Raven Press, 1990.
Amir N, Rapin I, Branski D, eds. Pediatric Neurology: Behaviour and Cognition of the Child with Brain Dysfunction. In: Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 1. Basel: S. Karger AG, 1991.
Gorlin RJ, Cohen MM, Levin LS, eds. Syndromes of the Head and Neck. 3rd ed. Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics No. 19. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1990.     

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Sharp, F., Fraser, R. B. and Milner, R. D. G., eds. Fetal Growth. Springer 1989.
Uhthoff HK.: The Embryology of the Human Locomotor System. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1990.
Lifshitz, F., ed. Pediatric Endocrinology. A Clinical Guide. 2nd ed. (Clinical Pediatrics Series/7). New York: Marcel Dekker 1990.
Luban, Naomi et al.: Transfusion Therapy in Infants and Children. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
Buckler, John: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth. London: Springer-Verlag, 1990.     

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ABSTRACT. Carolyn Saarni and Paul L. Harris, eds. Children s understanding of emotion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, £30.00.
Bryan Lask and Abe Fosson: Childhood illness: the psychosomatic approach. Chichester: John Wiley, £11.95.     

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ABSTRACT. C. v Euler, H. Forssberg and H. Lagercrantz (eds.): Neurobiology of early infant behaviour. Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series Volume 55. Macmillan Press, London 1989.
D. L. Chadwick, C. D. Berkowitz, D. Kerns, J. McCann, M. A. Reinhart and S . Strickland: Color atlas of child sexual abuse. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc, Chicago, 1989.
Eisenberg and Mussen, The roots of prosocial behaviour in children. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.     

A review of “Imitation in infancy”

Edited by Jacqueline Nadel and George Butterworth Cambridge University Press 1999.290 pages ISBN: 0521 58033 1     

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The Biology of Surfactant. Brian A. Hills Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988, 408 pages, $89.90. Bengt Robertson

Textbook of Fetal and Perinatal Pathology J. Wigglesworth D. Singer London and Boston, Blackwell, 1991, 1300 pages in 2 volumes, $249.95, $-195.00     

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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT: WHAT HAPPENS EVENTUALLY? by Kim Oates; 1985. Sydney: Butterworths; Melbourne: Blackwell Scientific Publications (Aust.) Pty Ltd. NUTRITION FOR CHILDREN, by Dorothy E. M. Francis, foreword by Barbara Clayton; 1986. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications TEXTBOOK OF NEONATOLOGY, by N. R. C. Roberton; 1986. Cambridge: Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne: Churchill Livingstone. CRYING FOR HELP: HOW TO CURE YOUR BABY, by Carol Young; 1986. Melbourne: Lothian Books SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR PAEDIATRIC EXAMINATIONS, by David Isaacs and Christopher D. Mitchell; 1986. London: Churchill Livingstone HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION: A GUIDED STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN, by William A. Silverman; 1985. Melbourne: Oxford University Press RESPIRATORY DISORDERS IN THE NEWBORN, by Victor Y. H. U; 1986. Great Britain: Churchill Livingstone LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, THE STATE OF THE ART, by E. Wanner & L. R. Gleitman; 1982. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press HOME CARE FOR THE HIGH RISK INFANT, by Elizabeth Ahmann; 1986. Aspen Publications. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME: THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF ‘THE FEAR PARALYSIS REFLEX', by Birger Kaada; 1986. Norway     

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DevelopmentalBiology. 4th edition Scott F. Gilbert Sinaeur Assoriates, Sundmland, M4, 1994, 894 pages, $57.95

A Guide to Practice of Paediatric Endocrinology Charles G. D. Brooks. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 1993, 181 pages £25

Pediatric Dermatopathology: Clinical and Pathologic Correlations Bernett I. Johnson, Paul J. Honig, and (Xirisrine Jaworsky Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1994, 334 pages

Fetal Pathology J. W. Keeling Churchill Lzvingstone, Edinburgh, 1994, 164 pages, $145.00     

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PERSPECTIVES IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY: VOL 4: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, edited by C. Ferencs, J. D. Rubin, C. A. Loffredo and C. A. Magee; 1993. New York: Futura.
RETT SYNDROME: CLINICAL & BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS, edited by B. Hagberg; 1993. London: Mac Keith Press (Cambridge University Press)
HANDBOOK OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES, 2nd edition, edited by G. A. Baldwin; 1994. Boston: Little Brown & Co.
THE SILENT PETITION, by Tung Y. Ming; 1993. Hong Kong: Icon Media
POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS, edited by A. J. Raimondi, M. Choux and C. Di Rocco; 1993. New York: Springer-Verlag.
INTRACRANIAL CYST LESIONS, edited by A. J. Raimondi, M. Choux and C. Di Rocco; 1993. New York: Springer-Verlag.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Siegel MJ, editor. Pediatric Sonography, 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press, 1995.     

Book Reviews

Turner, Tom (Guest ed.) Perinatal Haematological Problems. Perinatal Practice, Vol. 7. John Wiley, Chichester, 1991.
Hommes, F. A. (ed.) Techniques in Diagnostic Human Biochemical Genetics. New York: Wiley-Liss, 1991.
Rylance, G., Harvey, D. and Aranda, J. (eds) Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann 1991.
Giorgi, P. L., Suskind, R. M. and Catassi, C. (vol. eds) The Obese Child. Vol. 2 of Branski, D. (series ed.) Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Basel: Karger, 1992.
Filer, Jr L. J. (ed.) Dietary Iron: Birth to Two Years. New York: Raven Press, 1989.
Tsang, Reginald C and Mimouni, Francis. Calcium Nutriture for Mothers and Children. Carnation Nutrition Education Series. Vol. 3. New York: Raven Press, 1992.     

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ABSTRACT. WHO/UNICEF Nutrition support programme: Nutrition learning packages. Geneva, WHO, 1989.
Long WA, ed. Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1990.
Lister J, Irving M, eds. Neonatal Surgery , 3rd ed. London: Butterworths, 1990.
RDG Milner, SM Herber. Diagnostic Picturetests in Paediatrics. 2nd ed. London: Wolfe Medical Publications Ltd., 1990.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
F. Falkner (ed.): Prevention of Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity. Child Health and Development, vol. 3. (Series Editor M. Manciaux, Paris.) S. Karger, Basel, 1984.
Michael E. Cohen and Patricia Kressel Duffner: Brain Tumors in Children. In: International Review of Child Neurology Series. Raven Press, New York 1983, 378 pp. USD56.00. ISBN 0-89004-935-1.
J. Borms, R. Hauspie, A. Sand, C. Susanne, M. Hebbelinck (eds.): Human growth and development. Plenum Press, New York, 1984.
D. L. J. Freed (ed.): Health hazards of milk. Tindall Publ., London, 1984.
J. A. Macfarlane (ed.): Progress in child health. Vol. I. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
F. Körner and E. Bossi (Eds.): Die Retinopathie des Fruhgeborenen. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1984.     

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Shapiro, Burton L. and Heussner, Jr., Ralph C. A Parent's Guide to Cystic Fibrosis. University of Minnesota Guides to Birth and Childhood Disorders. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1991.
Harris, Ann and Super, Maurice. Cystic Fibrosis. The Facts. New Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Simopoulus, A. P. (ed.) Nutritional Triggers for Health and Disease. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics , vol. 67, 1992.     

Book review

Aicardi J. Epilepsy in Children , 2nd ed. International Review of Child Neurology Series. New York: Raven Press, 1994; 555 pp. USD 120. ISBN 07817–0111–3.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Räihä N, editor. Protein Metabolism During Infancy. Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series, vol. 33. New York: Raven Press, 1994.
Phelan P, Olinsky A, Robertson C. Respiratory Illness in Children, 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Robert S. Siffert: See how they grow. A parent's guide to normal and abnormal physical growth from birth through adolescence. Raven Press, New York, 1985.
Mark E. Nesbit Jr. (Guest ed.): Clinics in oncology. Late Effects in Successfully Treated Children with Cancer. Baillière Tindall/W. B. Saunders, 1985.     

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Krusinski PA, Flowers FP. Handbook of pediatric dermatology. Chicago: Yearbook Medical Publishers, Inc. 1990; 407 pp.
Chernick V., ed. Kendig's Disorders of the respiratory tract in children. Philadelphia: W.C. Saunders Co, 1990. 1055 pp. Price US$185.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Howard S. Traisman: Management of juvenile diabetes mellitus . 348 pp., illus. The C. V, Mosby Company, London 1980.
R. R. Brookman: Pediatric and adolescent gynecology . Case studies. 573 pp. illus. Med. Examination Publishing Co., Inc., New York 1981.
R. M. Sly: Pediatric allergy . 2nd ed. 424 pp. Medical Outline Series. Medical Examination Publishing Co., Inc., Garden City, N.Y. 1981.
D. Shaffer & J. Dunn: The first year of lge. Psychologicd rind medical implications of early experience . 221 pp. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, New York, Brisbdne, Toronto 1980.
M. Kasai & K. Shiraki: Cholesrasis in infuncy . Its patho-genesis, diagnosis and treatment. 439 pp. illus. Universi-ty Park Press, Baltimore, distributed in the UK and Conti-nental Europe by MTP Press, Lancaster 1980.     

Weight reference charts for British long-term breastfed infants

Aim: To produce a modification of the British 1990 weight reference reflecting the growth of long-term breastfed infants. Methods: 120 infants from the Cambridge Infant Growth Study fed breast milk (with no formula) for at least 24 wk, with solids introduced at a mean age of 15 wk, were weighed every 4 wk from birth to 52 wk. Weights were converted to standard deviation scores (SDS) for gender and age post-term based on the revised British 1990 reference, averaged and smoothed across age, and then converted back to weights to provide modified median weight curves by gender. Other centile curves were constructed assuming the same variability and skewness by age as for the British reference. Results: Long-term breastfed infants were slightly heavier than the reference at birth and crossed centiles upwards to reach #0.3 SDS at 2 mo, but subsequently crossed centiles downwards to 30.2 SDS by 12 mo. Conclusion: The British 1990 reference, although better than previous growth standards, reflects the growth of long-term breastfed infants only imperfectly, with mean weight falling by 0.5 SDS from 2 to 12 mo. The provision of breastfeeding-specific centiles, either as a transparent overlay or as an alternative chart, should be useful for professionals and parents to monitor the weight of long-term breastfed infants.