Current perspectives in management of chronic asthma in children – Peter D. Sly 719

Early neonatal hyperbilirubinemia using first day serum bilirubin level– Ramesh Agarwal, Monica Kaushal, Rajiv Aggarwal, V.K. Paul and A.K. Deorari 724

Asthma and the school going child – Parang N. Mehta 731

Cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – Amita Aggarwal and R. Mishra 739

Comparison of hemocue method with cyanmethemoglobin method for estimation of hemoglobin__ S.K. Kapoor, Umesh Kapil, Sada Nand Dwivedi, K. Anand, Priyali Pathak and Preeti Singh 743

Clinical characteristics and outcome of children and adolescents with conversion disorder – Prahbhjot Malhi and Pratibha Singhi 747

Central venous catheter colonization and related bacteremia in pediatric intensive care unit – Anil Sachdev, Dhiren Gupta, Arun Soni and K. Chugh 752

Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal syndrome in a neonate– N.B. Mathur, R.K. Alwadhi and Pankaj Garg 761

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy in children–Vasantha Thavaraj, R. Dawar and L.S. Arya 764

Renal failure from obstructive fungal mycetoma and fungal sepsis in an infant –Mohan Abraham, Tonny Mampilly, Joseph Prem Paul and Johny V.F. 769

Hyperekplexia: a non–epiliptic startle disorder - S.B. Rajadhyaksha and V.B. Bahl 773

Shigella septicemia – K Saraswathi, Anuradha De, Alka Jog and Alka Gogate 777

Images in Clinical Practice

Metatropic dystrophy– Debasish Mukherjee and Apurba Ghosh 782

Labial fusion - K. Radhakrishna and B. Rajasekhar 783

Ehler-Danlos syndrome - Archana B. Patel and Ramesh L. Renge 784

Letters to the Editor

HBV carrier rate in India__Anant Phadke and Ashok Kale 787

Reply –T. Jacob John 788

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia–Dhiraj Ahlawat 791

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia – Mukesh Sanklecha 791

Reply- Ashok K. Deorari and Ramesh Agarwal. 792

Consensus statement on the management and UTI–M.U. Sanklecha 793

Reply– A. Bagga, P. Hari 793