EDITORIAL

Leukemia cure in India – Myth or reality?                                                                   717
V.P. Choudhry

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Institute of Child Health, Calcutta and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics                   721
G.K. Mehrotra

Better system for maternal and child health                             726
Kwang Wook Ko

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Acute leukemia in children                                                    734
V.P. Choudhry, L.S. Arya, R.K. Marwaha, H. Pati and A.K. Saraya

Management of Acute leukemias: problems with compliance and follow-up              740
S. Shenoy, G.G. Christo, M. Baliga and A. Venkatesh

Results of management in Hodgkins disease                                                 744
A. Krishna, L.S. Arya and P. Upadhyaya

Use and misuse of oral rehydration solutions in general practice                              750
V.R. Arur

Prescribing for diarrheal diseases                                                          754
S. Nahar, R. Uppal, S. Mehta and P.L. Sharma

Transcutaneous bilirubinometry in newborns                                         757
J.N. Sharma, R.N. Singh, A. Lodha and J. Singh

Trace metals in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia                                          761
P.K. Misra, R.K. Kapoor, S. Dixit and T.D. Seth

Outcome of neonatal hyperbiliruminemia managed with exchange transfusion         765
S.S. Paul, V. Thomas and D. Singh

Birth injuries – incidence, causative factors and outcome                                          770
R. Padmini, B. Vishnu Bhat and R.K. Puri

Isoniazid acetylator status in children                                                           775
R.T. Bajaj, M.P. Desai, N.K. Desai and U.K. Sheth

DRUG THERAPY

Erythromycin                                                       780
N. Shendurnikar

BRIEF REPORTS

Robinow syndrome                                                 784
B. Bhandari, S.K. Tak, R.S. Gupta and S. Ramakrishnan 

Recurrent bilateral parotitis                                                                                        786
P.U. Iyer, A. Krishna, K. Taneja and M.V. Murali

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome                                           788
M.S. Bhatia, P.K. Singhal, N. Bohra and N. Kaur   

Giant hydronephrosis                                                           790
R. Kapoor and S. Talwar

Virilizing adrenocortical tumor                                                        793
A.K. Sarda, S. Bal and M.M. Kapur

Acute systemic toxic reactions caused by hornet stings                                                         796
K. Ghosh, S. Singh. B.J.G. Pereira and S.C. Singhi

Exchange transfusion for Dapsone poisoning                                                             798
Arun Kumar, T.J. Anatony, K.M. Kurein, L.N. Taneja, Man Mohan and N.K. anand

Persistent plagiocephaly with congenital dislocation of hip                                       800
K.K. Bhatia, Sanjiv Nanda, B. Bhatia and Smiti Nanda 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Aminophylline as Diazepam antagonist in a preterm infant                                        803
S.K. Rathi

Mecillinam: A potential anti-shigella agent                                                                  804
M.K. Bhan, Pushker Raj, R. Srivastava, N. Bhandari and R. Kumar

Chondrodysplasia punctata                                                                                                     805
A Kumar, R. Kapoor, S. Ramji, S. Thirupuram and M.M. Saha

Neonatal suppurative parotitis with facial palsy                                                                     806
N.B. Mathur, R.B. Goyal and A. Khalil 

BOOK REVIEWS                                           808