EDITORIAL

Pediatricians and the Indian National Code for protection and promotion of breast-feeding              187
P.M. Udani

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Fecal leucocytes in acute diarrhea                                                                                           191
Preeti Patel, V. Komawar, M.K. Jain, V.V. Kale and Laxmi Iyyer

Oral rehydration of neonates and young infants with dehydrating diarrhea                           195
H.P.S. Sachdev, S.K. Bhargava, B. Das Gupta, S. Narula, T.S. Daral and Man Mohan

Low birth weight infants – study of mortality                                                                         201
S. Panja, I. Bhattacharyya and M. Das Gupta

A community survey of infant feeding practices in Berhampur, South Orissa                                    207
R.K. Satapathy, B. Sarangi and D.K. Das

Age independent criteria for detection of PEM                                                                                    213
Ashraf Malik, A. Malhotra and S.H. Ahmad

Feeding practices of infants and children in rural and urban areas of Himachal Pradesh                   217
M.S. Dattal, S.L. Sharma, J.S. Verma and R.K. Kaushal

Haptoglobin status in thalassemia                                                                                          223
M.K. Tharthare, A.J. Baxi and D. Chengappa

Cockington nomogram as a guide to phototherapy in the management of Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: Evaluation in Indian neonates                                                  229
S.S. Mohapatra, P.S.N. Menon, M.K. Bhan and V. Dhar

Serum lipids and lipoprotein values in children of coronary artery disease parents              235
K. Mirza, Pervin Ahmad, Nazar Bilgrami and A. Salahuddin

Epidemic dropsy in Delhi                                                                                                         241
Man Mohan, H.P.S. Sachdev, H.P. Singh, T.S. Daral, M.S. Sachdev and S.K. Bhargava

BRIEF REPORTS

Behcet syndrome                       249
V. Bhatia, R.K. Menon, A.K. Gupta, A.H. Band and P.S.N. Menon

Lesch Nyhan syndrome                                                  251
Jacob M. Puliyel and M. Kumar

Round pneumonia in a young infant                                                                                        253
H.P.S. Sachdev, S. Sharma, Man Mohan and V.N. Baijal

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pediatric education in India                                                                                                    257
A.P. Gupta and Abha Gupta

BCG vaccination                                                                                                                       258
Jacob M. Puliyel

Indian National Code for protection and promotion of breast-feeding                                               259