Editorial: Polymorph function                                                337
A.K. Datta

Direct BCG vaccination in children                                             339
Raj Narain and Vallishayee

Hepatic lesions in childhood tuberculosis                                            347
M. Jayaram and Ramesh Yalsangikar

Cardiovascular manifestations of scorpion sting in children                            353
B.R. Santhanakrishnan, G. Ranganathan, P. Ananthasubramaniam and V. Balagopal Raju

Nitroblue tetrazolium screening test in febrile disorders                                          357
N.R. Bhandari, K.F. kazmi and S. Inamdar

Peritoneal biopsy as an aid to etiological diagnosis of ascites in children                             363
M. Jayaram* and B. Mallikarjun

Estimation of lactice dehydrogenase in hepatosplenomegaly                           367
Chaya Gopal and N.R. Bhandari

Cord blood lipids and lipoproteins in normal neonates*                               373
Meena Desai, Kumud Patil, Rashmi Shah and R. Mudholkar

Paralytic poliomyelitis in Children                              379
V.V. Gujaral, D. Sharma, S. Gangrade, Satya Prakash Gupta, K. Dhamija and D.S. Chowdhary

Spectrum of eye disease in economically backward rural children                                           387
M.V. Joseph and Avis Eapen

Therapeutic trial of chloramphenicol, Eskaycillin (empicillin) and co-trimoxazole in upper respiratory tract infections of childhood                                           391
S. Gupta, V. Bhushan and G. Srivastava

Review article:

Screening methods for mental retardation: results of surveys carried out in India                          395
M.P.E. Bharucha

Practitioners’ column:                                                                                                                                  

Diarrhea and dehydration in Pediatric practice                                   401
T.S. Jain and S.K. Mittal

Peritonitis in Nephrotic syndrome                                     405
V.P. Choudhury and O.P. Ghai                                                                                                                  

A case of asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy                                     409
Indira Narayanan, Sadhna Datt and V.P. Gujaral

Cutis marmorata telangietatica congenitica (a case report)                           413
S.K. Upadhyay, A. Rashmi, M. Kochar and D.K. Guha*

Brief communication:

Haemochyluria (a case report)                                  417
K. Indira Bai, V.N. Sastry and D.V. Subbaiah

Pyridoxine dependent convulsions (a case report)                                        419
H. Sehgal*

Book Review:                                        422

Announcements:                                                                                    423

Letter to Editor:                   424