Editorial

Neural tube defect: A preventable congenital malformation - S.S. Agarwal 643

Original Articles
Role of ethamsylate in preventing periventricular-intra ventricular hemorrhage in
premature infants below 34 weeks of gestation - K.P. Sanghvi, R.H. Merchant, Alka Karnik and Aparna Kulkarni 653

Autoimmune thyroid disease in childhood: A study of children and their families - Meena P. Desai and Swati Karandikar 659

Pune low birth weight study - A six year follow up - Sudha Chaudhari, M.R. Bhalerao, Anjali Chitale, Anand N. Pandit and Ujjwala Nene 669

 Academy Matters

lAP guidelines on optional vaccines and related matters 677

Clinicopathological Conference 

A neonate with bilateral renal masses - Jayashree Muralidharan, Nandita Kakkar and B.D. Radotra 681

Essentials of Biostatistics

2. Designs of medical studies - A. Indrayan and L. Satyanarayana 691

Brief Reports

Serology in congenital infections: Experience in selected symptomatic infants - Mary Abraham, Priya Abraham, Atanu K. Jana, Kurien A. Kuruvilla, Thomas Cherian, Prabhakar D. Moses, Elizabeth Mathai, T. Jacob John and G. Sridharan 697

Relactation - Manipal experience - Bhavana B. Lakhkar and Nalini Bhaskaranand 701

Revised look at micro-erythrocyte sedimentation rate in neonates ­ K.K. Diwakar and Golam Rasul 703

Case Reports
Successful bone marrow transplantation in an infant with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome - Leni Grace Mathew, Mammen Chandy, David Dennison, Alok Srivastava,
Karthik Ganapathy and Thomas Cherian 707

Herpes simplex meningoencephalitis and HIV infection in a newborn ­ S.R. Daga, B. Verma and D. V. Gosavi 710

True tail in a neonate - Nandkishor S. Kabra, Ganesh Srinivasan and Rekha S. Udani  712
Familial hypoparathyroidism - Sonali J. Tank, Sushma Malik, Surekha M. Joshi, Medha A. Gavel and Prema Varthakavi - 714

Images in Clinical Practice

Fanconi's constitutional aplastic anemia - Shishir Bhatnagar, Jagdish Chandra, Shashi Narayan and Vipul Jain 722

Immunization Dialogue

Typhoid vaccination after enteric fever 724
Letters to the Editor
Use of a eutectic mixture of local anesthesia in newborns -  Saurabh Datta 726

Child and maternal health in rural areas of Chandigarh - H.M. Swami, Vikas Bhatia and S.P.S. Bhatia 727

The brachioradialis reflex - Veena Kalra and Rekha Mittal 729

National Neonatology Forum: National database on neonatal morbidity and mortality - Jai Kishan 730

Reply 731

Well baby shows-Some more suggestions - Ravi Goyal 732

Readers' Forum 734
Selected Summaries 738
Global Update 741
Book Review 744
Clippings 746