EDITORIAL

Childhood disability – a challenge to the nation                                                                                  663
G.P. Mathur, K.P. Kushwaha and S.N. lele

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Management of immunization programme                                                                              669
Jotna Sokhey and Indra Bhargava

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Immunological study of bronchial asthma                                                                              677
S.P. Khatua, S. Khatua, S.K. Batabyal and P.K. Bhowmik

Twin births at Madurai                                                                                                                        681
P. Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, M. Gowthami, A. Logambal and R. Vijayaraghavan

Rapid diagnosis of viral agents by indirect immunofluorescent antibody Technique in acute respiratory infections                                                                               685
B.C. Umapathy

Chromosome study if induced aborted Indian fetuses                                                                        689
L. Singhania, G. Talukdar and A. Sharma

Pseudomembraneous colitis in children                                                                                 695
A.V. Jayakar, A.G. Desai, N.J. Dalal, SC. Shah and K. Narayana

Child Labor                                                                                                                              701
R.K. Maheshwari, M. Karunakaran, B.D. Gupta and S.R. Bhandari

Supplementary nutrition programmes for mothers and children in Himachal Pradesh                      705
M. Sharma, R. Sobti and R. Saxena

PRACTITIONER’S COLUMN

Misuse of steroids                                                                                                                   713
G.P. Mathur, K.P. Kushwaha and Om Prakash

REVIEW ARTICLE

Brain edema                                                                                                                             721
A.K. Verma and M.C. Maheshwari

BRIEF REPORTS

Electrolyte content of water in Jaipur                                                                                     729
A Bansal, G.C. Bothra and C.R. Verma

Resistant tuberculosis                                                                                                                         730
S.H. Abhyankar, S. Naik and M.K. Joshi

Bizarre trichobezoars                                                                                                              734
C. Saxena, N. Bhat, N. Nagi, K.L. Narasimharao, S.K. Mitra and S. Mehta

Sexual precocity in primary hypothyroidism                                                                           737
A.J. Chitkara, J.P. Singh, A. Khalil, S.K. Mittal and D. Sharma

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Oral rehydration solution – its erroneous use                                                                                    743
J.B. Ghosh

Sjogren- Larsson syndrome                                                                                                    744
U. Shrivastava, S. Ramji and Man Mohan

Copper and Indian Childhood Cirrhosis                                                                                              745
Sheila Bhave and Anand Pandit

Family health cards                                                                                                                 747
Shanti Ghosh