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Original articles

• Lateralisation of language function in young adults born very preterm (1 March, 2004)

  T M Rushe, C M Temple, L Rifkin, P W R Woodruff, E T Bullmore, A L Stewart, A Simmons, T A Russell, R M Murray
• Transient adrenocortical insufficiency of prematurity and systemic hypotension in very low birthweight infants (1 March, 2004)

  P C Ng, C H Lee, C W K Lam, K C Ma, T F Fok, I H S Chan, E Wong
• Early pituitary-adrenal response and respiratory outcomes in preterm infants (1 March, 2004)

  P C Ng, C H Lee, C W K Lam, K C Ma, I H S Chan, E Wong, T F Fok
• Maternal intravaginal prostaglandin E₂ gel before elective caesarean section at term to induce catecholamine surge in cord blood: randomised, placebo controlled study

  (1 March, 2004)

  M Singh, S Patole, A Rane, D Naidoo, P Buettner
• Suppressive effects of breast milk on oxidative DNA damage in very low birthweight infants (1 March, 2004)

  H Shoji, T Shimizu, K Shinohara, S Oguchi, S Shiga, Y Yamashiro
• Survival of very preterm infants: Epipage, a population based cohort study (1 March, 2004)

  B Larroque, G Bréart, M Kaminski, M Dehan, M André, A Burguet, H Grandjean, B Ledésert, C Lévêque, F Maillard, J Matis, J C Rozé, P Truffert
• Effect of birth order on neonatal morbidity and mortality among very low birthweight twins: a population based study (1 March, 2004)

  E S Shinwell, I Blickstein, A Lusky, B Reichman
• Prevalence of hypospadias and other genital anomalies among singleton births, 1988–1997, in Scotland (1 March, 2004)

  S F Ahmed, R Dobbie, A R Finlayson, J Gilbert, G Youngson, J Chalmers, D Stone
• Multiorgan dysfunction in infants with post-asphyxial hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (1 March, 2004)

  P Shah, S Riphagen, J Beyene, M Perlman
• Resuscitation with 100% O₂ does not protect the myocardium in hypoxic newborn piglets

  (1 March, 2004)

  W B Børke, B H Munkeby, L Mørkrid, E Thaulow, O D Saugstad
• Nosocomial cutaneous abscesses in septic infants (1 March, 2004)

  D Mandel, Y Littner, F B Mimouni, S Dollberg
• Infection with Ureaplasma urealyticum: is there a specific clinical and radiological course in the preterm infant?

  (1 March, 2004)

  U Theilen, A J Lyon, T Fitzgerald, G M A Hendry, J W Keeling
• Clinical detection of low upper body blood flow in very premature infants using blood pressure, capillary refill time, and central-peripheral temperature difference (1 March, 2004)

  D A Osborn, N Evans, M Kluckow
• Accuracy of the volume and pressure displays of high frequency oscillators (1 March, 2004)

  J A Leipälä, S Iwasaki, A Milner, A Greenough