Gabriele S. Leverich, MSW, LCSW-C, BCD, Robert M. Post, MD, Paul E. Keck Jr, MD, Lori L. Altshuler, MD, Mark A. Frye, MD, Ralph W. Kupka, MD, PhD, Willem A. Nolen, MD, PhD, Trisha Suppes, MD, PhD, Susan L. McElroy, MD, Heinz Grunze, MD, Kirk Denicoff, MD, Maria K.M. Moravec, BS, and David Luckenbaugh, MA, Bethesda, Maryland, Cincinnati, Ohio, Los Angeles, California, Utrecht and Groningen, The Netherlands, Dallas, Texas, and Munich, Germany

White Coat Hypertension in Childhood: Evidence for End-Organ Effect 491

Rae-Ellen W. Kavey, MD, MPH, Daniel A. Kveselis, MD, Nader Atallah, MD, and Frank C. Smith, MD, Syracuse, New York

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics—The Utility of Blood Oxygenation as an Indicator of Postnatal Condition 497

Raye-Ann deRegnier, MD, Chicago, Illinois

Longitudinal Relationship of Parental Hypertension with Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Children 498

Rongling Li, MD, PhD, MPH, Bruce S. Alpert, MD, Sammie S. Walker, and Grant W. Somes, PhD, Memphis and Union City, Tennessee

Diastolic Filling Abnormalities in Children with Essential Hypertension 503

William L. Border, MBChB, Thomas R. Kimball, MD, Sandra A. Witt, RDCS, Betty J. Glascock, RDCS, Philip Khoury, MS, and Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, Cincinnati, Ohio

Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of a New Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: The Kids’ ITP Tools 510

Robert J. Klaassen, MD, Victor S. Blanchette, FRCP, Dorothy Barnard, MD, Cindy D. Wakefield, RN, Christine Curtis, MSc, Catharine S. Bradley, MSc, Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, George R. Buchanan, MD, Mariana P. Silva, MD, Anthony K.C. Chan, MBBS, and Nancy L. Young, PhD, Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Hamilton, and Sudbury, Ontario, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Boston, Massachusetts, and Dallas, Texas

Case Control Study of Psychosocial Morbidity in β Thalassemia Major 516

Arun Saini, MD, Jagdish Chandra, MD, FIAP, Utpal Goswami, MD, DPM, Varinder Singh, MD, and A. K. Dutta, MD, FIAP, New Delhi, India

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics—Hyperkinetic Behavior Syndrome in Children 520

Howard Fischer, MD, Detroit, Michigan

Nasal Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation Versus Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Randomized, Controlled, Prospective Study 521

Amir Kugelman, MD, Ido Feferkorn, MD, Arieh Riskin, MD, Irena Chistyakov, MD, Bella Kaufman, RN, and David Bader, MD, MHA, Haifa, Israel

Low Cortical Bone Density Measured by Computed Tomography in Children and Adolescents with Untreated Hyperthyroidism 527

Nawaporn Numbenjapon, MD, Gertrude Costin, MD, Vicente Gilsanz, MD, PhD, and Pisit Pitukcheewanont, MD, Los Angeles, California

Mitochondrial DNA Depletion is a Prevalent Cause of Multiple Respiratory Chain Deficiency in Childhood 531

Emmanuelle Sarzi, Alice Bourdon, Dominique Chrétien, PhD, Mohamed Zarhrate, Johanna Corcos, Abdelhamid Slama, MD, Valérie Cormier-Daire, MD, PhD, Pascale de Lonlay, MD, PhD, Arnold Munnich, MD, PhD, and Agnès Rötig, PhD, Paris and Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Truncal Distribution of Fat Mass, Metabolic Profile and Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal Axis Activity in Prepubertal Obese Children 535

Pascal Barat, MD, PhD, Michelle Gayard-Cros, MD, Ruth Andrew, PhD, Jean-Benoît Corcuff, MD, PhD, Béatrice Jouret, MD, Nicole Barthe, MD, Paul Perez, MD, PhD, Christine Germain, MSc, Maïthé Tauber, MD, PhD, Brian R. Walker, MD, Pierre Mormede, PhD, and Martine Duclos, MD, PhD, Bordeaux and Toulouse, France, and Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Adenotonsillectomy Improves Sleep, Breathing, and Quality of Life But Not Behavior 540

Evelyn Constantin, MD, Andrea Kermack, BSc, Gillian M. Nixon, MD, Lee Tidmarsh, MD, Francine M. Ducharme, MD, and Robert T. Brouillette, MD, Montreal, Canada, and Melbourne, Australia

Pediatricians’ Practices and Attitudes about Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Parental Smoking 547

Bradley N. Collins, PhD, Kenneth P. Levin, MD, and Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Clinical and Laboratory Observations

Sulfonylurea-Responsive Diabetes in Childhood 553

Zohar Landau, MD, Julio Wainstein, MD, Aaron Hanukoglu, MD, Myriam Tuval, PhD, Judith Lavie, MSc, and Benjamin Glaser, MD, Holon, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, Israel

Mutations in Bile Salt Export Pump (ABCB11) in Two Children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis and Cholangiocarcinoma 556

A. O. Scheimann, MD, MBA, S. S. Strautnieks, PhD, A. S. Knisely, MD, J. A. Byrne, PhD, R. J. Thompson, MD, PhD, and M. J. Finegold, MD, Baltimore, Maryland, London, United Kingdom, and Houston, Texas

50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics—The Community Responsibility for the Care of the Mentally Retarded 559

Barbara K. Burton, MD, Chicago, Illinois

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Insights

Morphea (Localized Scleroderma) 560

Lisa Weibel, MD, John I. Harper, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, and Kevin J. Howell, London, United Kingdom

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Current Best Evidence

Clinical Research Abstracts for Pediatricians 561

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Corrections

Efficacy and Safety of Fluticasone Propionate Hydrofluoroalkane Inhalation Aerosol in Pre-school-age Children with Asthma: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study 565

(Qaqundah et al, J Pediatr 2006;149:663-70)

A Preparticipation Screening Program Can Decrease the Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Death among Young Athletes 565

(JG Frohna, J Pediatr 2007;150:319-20)

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