From Editors Desk                                                                 1

The challenge of change                                                               3
Jim Breetveld                    

A study on serum glycoproteins in normal Indian children with special reference to different age groups, sex, castes and their dietary habits     7
N. Kishore, R.V. Sharma, S.K. Saxena, and R. Prasad

Excretion of enteroviruses in healthy pediatric population of Nagpur                                                    13
Usha D. Hardas A.A. Pathak, V.L. Jahangirdar and Alka S. Waikar

Prevalence of Australia antigen amongst pediatric medical hospital admissions                      17
A Sharma, P.S. Dhatt, P.K. Das Chaudhry, Harjit Singh, H.L. Gupta, N.K. Parida and G.L. Sahni

Assessment of ascorbic acid nutritional status in 100 preschool children                                              21
Anita Khalil, Triloki Nath, G. Srivastava, L. Saini and S. Gupta

Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree and oesophagus of children                    25
Manmohan Singh, P. Gill, S.S. Gill and F.C. Eggleston

Growth in height and weight of urban Madhya Pradesh Adolescents                                    31
K.K. Kaul, A.d. Taskar, S. Madhavan, B. Mukerji, P. Parekh, K. Sawhney, R.K. Goel and I.M.S. Lamba

Comparative trials of phototherapy versus photobarb in the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia                       41
S.S. Agarwal, P.K. Misra, V.K. Upadhyay and P.C. Bajpai

The pattern of intestinal obstruction with special reference to ascariasis                                47
N. Dayalan and M.S. Ramakrishnan

Neonatal tetanus: a developmental follow up study                                            51
A Sharma, P.S. Dhatt, J.C. Lall, Harjit Singh, H.L. Gupta and R.N. Sallan

Abnormal foetal attachment of placenta                                       55
J.B. Venkat Rau

A case report of hygroma kidney                                             57
G. Gopal

Urticaria pigmentosa                                     59
G.H. Hajini, Amarjeet Singh Sethi, G.M. Sofi and Milap Kour