Donald L. Batisky, MD, Jonathan M. Sorof, MD, Jennifer Sugg, MS, Michaelene Llewellyn, BSN, RN, MAS, Michael Klibaner, MD, PhD, James W. Hainer, MD, MPH, Ronald J. Portman MD, and Bonita Falkner, MD, for the Toprol-XL Pediatric Hypertension Investigators, Columbus, Ohio, Wilmington, Delaware, Houston, Texas, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Diagnosis and Localization of Focal Congenital Hyperinsulinism by ¹⁸F-Fluorodopa PET Scan 140

Olga T. Hardy, MD, PhD, Miguel Hernandez-Pampaloni, MD, PhD, Janet R. Saffer, PhD, Mariko Suchi, MD, PhD, Eduardo Ruchelli, MD, Hongming Zhuang, MD, PhD, Arupa Ganguly, PhD, Richard Freifelder, PhD, N. Scott Adzick, MD, Abass Alavi, MD, and Charles A. Stanley, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Longitudinal Lipid Screening and Use of Lipid-Lowering Medications in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes 146

David M. Maahs, MD, MA, R. Paul Wadwa, MD, Kim McFann, PhD, Kristen Nadeau, MD, Matthew R. Williams, BS, Robert H. Eckel, MD, and Georgeanna J. Klingensmith, MD, Aurora, Colorado

Altered Basal Cortisol Levels at 3, 6, 8 and 18 Months in Infants Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age 151

Ruth E. Grunau, PhD, David W. Haley, PhD, Michael F. Whitfield, MD, Joanne Weinberg, PhD, Wayne Yu, BSc, and Paul Thiessen, MD, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cranial Ultrasound Scanning and Prediction of Outcome in Newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection 157

Gina Ancora, MD, Marcello Lanari, MD, PhD, Tiziana Lazzarotto, MD, Valentina Venturi, MD, Elisabetta Tridapalli, MD, Fabrizio Sandri, MD, Maddalena Menarini, MD, Emanuela Ferretti, MD, and Giacomo Faldella, MD, Bologna, Italy, and Quebec, Canada

Comparative Efficacy and Cost of Asthma Care in Children with Asthma Treated with Fluticasone Propionate and Montelukast 162

David A. Stempel, MD, Denise T. Kruzikas, PhD, and Ranjani Manjunath, MSPH, Bellevue and Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Clinical Spectrum and Histopathologic Features of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Children 168

Parvathi Mohan, MD, Camilla Colvin, MPH, BS, Chevelle Glymph, MPH, Roma R. Chandra, MD, David E. Kleiner, MD, Kantilal M. Patel, PhD, Naomi L.C. Luban, MD, and Harvey J. Alter, MD, Washington, DC, and Bethesda, Maryland

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Young Adulthood 175

Hans-Ludwig Spohr, MD, Judith Willms, MD, and Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, MD, PhD, Berlin, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland

Clinical and Laboratory Features, Hospital Course, and Outcome of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children 180

Steven C. Buckingham, MD, Gary S. Marshall, MD, Gordon E. Schutze, MD, Charles R. Woods, MD, MS, Mary Anne Jackson, MD, Lori E. R. Patterson, MD, and Richard F. Jacobs, MD, as the Tick-borne Infections in Children Study Group, Memphis and Knoxville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, Little Rock, Arkansas, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Kansas City, Missouri

Parental Depression Following the Early Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis: A Matched, Prospective Study 185

Claire Glasscoe, PhD, Gillian A. Lancaster, PhD, Rosalind L. Smyth, MD, and Jonathan Hill, FRCPsych, Liverpool, United Kingdom

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics—Intrathecal Hydrocortisone in the Treatment of Tubercolous Meningitis 191

Albert M. Li, MB, Shatin, Hong Kong

Prolonged QTc Intervals and Decreased Left Ventricular Contractility in Patients with Propionic Acidemia 192

Daniela Baumgartner, MD, Sabine Scholl-Bürgi, MD, Jörn Oliver Sass, Dr. rer. nat., Wolfgang Sperl, MD, PhD, Ulrich Schweigmann, MD, Jörg-Ingolf Stein, MD, and Daniela Karall, MD, Innsbruck and Salzburg, Austria, and Freiburg, Germany

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics—Spontaneous Pneumothorax in the First Ten Days of Life 197

James M. Greenberg, MD, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Grand rounds

A Newborn Infant with Protracted Diarrhea and Metabolic Acidosis 198

Amir Bar, MD, Arieh Riskin, MD, Theodore Iancu, MD, Irena Manov, PhD, Ayala Arad, MD, and Ron Shaoul, MD, Haifa, Israel

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Clinical and laboratory observations

Gaucher Disease: Progressive Mesenteric and Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy Despite Enzyme Therapy 202

T. Andrew Burrow, MD, Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, Ronald Bokulic, MD, Gail Deutsch, MD, Arabinda Choudhary, MD, Richard A. Falcone, Jr, MD, and Gregory A. Grabowski, MD, Cincinnati, Ohio

Recipient Twin Limb Ischemia with Postnatal Onset 207

Roland Spencer Broadbent, MB, ChB, Dunedin, New Zealand

Congenital Patent Ductus Venosus: An Association with the Hyper IgE Syndrome 210

Keren Sagiv-Friedgut, MD, Michaela Witzling, MD, Ilan Dalal, MD, Chana Vinkler, MD, Eli Someh, MD, and Arie Levine, MD, Holon and Tel Aviv, Israel

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics—Classification and Etiological Factors in Mental Retardation 212

Pasquale J. Accardo, MD, Richmond, Virginia

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Letters

The following section is available in the online version of The Journal.

Erythromycin for Treatment of Feeding Intolerance in Preterm Infants e30

Bai-Horng Su, MD, and Hung-Chih Lin, MD, Taichung, Taiwan

Sandra Mascarenhas, MRCPCH, and Mithilesh Lal, MRCPCH, Middlesborough, United Kingdom e30

Reply e31

Pracha Nuntnarumit, MD, Pakaphan Kiatchoosakun, MD, Wacharee Tantiprapa, MD, and Suppawat Boonkasidecha, MD, Bangkok, Khon Kaen, and Chiang Mai, Thailand

Cardiovascular Support in the Preterm: Treatments in Search of Indications e31

Istvan Seri, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, California

Reply e33

Keith J. Barrington, MD, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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