Table of Contents, March Issue of Pediatric Research

CONTENTS:Social Evaluation by Preverbal Infants.J Kiley Hamlin; Karen Wynn; Paul Bloom

REVIEW ARTICLEQuantitative Ultrasound Methods to Assess Bone Mineral Status in Children: Technical Characteristics, Performance, and Clinical Application.Giampiero I. Baroncelli

COMMENTARYNutrition for the Brain: Commentary on the article by Isaacs et al. on page 308.Petra S. Hüppi

BASIC SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONA Critical Role for Fibroblast Growth Factor-7 during Early Alveolar Formation in the Neonatal Rat.Sanna Padela; Man Yi; Judy Cabacungan; Samuel Shek; Rosetta Belcastro; Azhar Masood; Robert P. Jankov; A Keith Tanswell Ontogeny of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Its Receptor In the Lung: Effects on Perinatal Surfactant Release.Christopher A. D'angelis; Bruce A. Holm; Satyan Lakshminrusimha; Peter A. Nickerson; Daniel D. Swartz; June Sokolowski; Lori C. Nielsen; Rita M. Ryan

High Tidal Volume Ventilation Activates Smad2 and Upregulates Expression of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Newborn Rat Lung.Shu Wu; Letizia Capasso; Andrea Lessa; Jinghong Peng; Kalyani Kasisomayajula; Maria Rodriguez; Cleide Suguihara; Eduardo Bancalari Meconium Increases Type 1 Angiotensin II Receptor Expression and Alveolar Cell Death.Charles R. Rosenfeld; Alexander M. Zagariya; Xiao-Tie Liu; Brigham C. Willis; Steven Fluharty; Dharmapuri Vidyasagar Reduced Intracellular T-Helper 1 Interferon-Gamma in Blood of Newly Diagnosed Children With Crohn's Disease and Age-Related Changes in Th1/Th2 Cytokine Profiles.Nina Holland; Jing Dong; Elizabeth Garnett; Nishat Shaikh; Karen Huen; Paul Harmatz; Anthony Olive; Harland S. Winter; Benjamin D. Gold; Stanley A. Cohen; Robert N. Baldassano; Barbara S. Kirschner; Melvin B. Heyman

IGF-2 and FLT-1/VEGF-R1 mRNA Levels Reveal Distinctions and Similarities Between Congenital and Common Infantile Hemangioma.Arnaud Picard; Elisa Boscolo; Zia A. Khan; Tatianna C. Bartch; John B. Mulliken; Marie Paule Vazquez; Joyce Bischoff

l-Glutamine Administration Reduces Oxidized Glutathione and MAP Kinase Signaling in Dystrophic Muscle of mdx Mice.Elise Mok; Bruno Constantin; Frédéric Favreau; Nathalie Neveux; Christophe Magaud; Adriana Delwail; Régis Hankard TRANSLATIONAL INVESTIGATIONOxidative Stress in Fetal Lambs Exposed to Intra-amniotic Endotoxin in a Chorioamnionitis Model.Fook-Choe Cheah; Alan H. Jobe; Timothy J. Moss; John P. Newnham; Suhas G. Kallapur

Maternal Endotoxin-Induced Preterm Birth in Mice: Fetal Responses in Toll-Like Receptors, Collectins, and Cytokines.Annamari Salminen; Reija Paananen; Reetta Vuolteenaho; Juhani Metsola; Marja Ojaniemi; Helena Autio-Harmainen; Mikko Hallman

Plasma Esterified F2-Isoprostanes and Oxidative Stress in Newborns: Role of Nonprotein-Bound Iron.Cinzia Signorini; Serafina Perrone; Cristiana Sgherri; Lucia Ciccoli; Giuseppe Buonocore; Silvia Leoncini; Viviana Rossi; Daniela Vecchio; Mario Comporti

Perinatal Stress Influences Lymphocyte Subset Counts in Neonates. The Generation R Study.Liesbeth Duijts; Liesbeth E. Bakker-Jonges; Joost A. M. Labout; Vincent W. V. Jaddoe; Albert Hofman; Eric A. P. Steegers; Jacques J. M. Van Dongen; Herbert Hooijkaas; Henriëtte A. Moll

TRANSLATIONAL INVESTIGATIONDuctus Arteriosus Ligation and Alveolar Growth in Preterm Baboons With a Patent Ductus Arteriosus.Ling Yi Chang; Donald Mccurnin; Bradley Yoder; Phillip W. Shaul; Ronald I. Clyman

Neonatal Formula Feeding Leads to Immunological Alterations in an Animal Model of Type 1 Diabetes.Ricardo A. Caicedo; Nan Li; Clotilde Des Robert; Philip O. Scumpia; Chad P. Hubsher; Clive H. Wasserfall; Desmond A. Schatz; Mark A. Atkinson; Josef Neu

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONThe Effect of Early Human Diet on Caudate Volumes and IQ.Elizabeth B. Isaacs; David G. Gadian; Stuart Sabatini; Wui K. Chong; Brian T. Quinn; Bruce R. Fischl; Alan Lucas

Longitudinal Study of Umbilical and Portal Venous Blood flow to the Fetal Liver: Low Pregnancy Weight Gain is Associated With Preferential Supply to the Fetal Left Liver Lobe.Jörg Kessler; Svein Rasmussen; Keith Godfrey; Mark Hanson; Torvid Kiserud

Biological Serum Markers in the Management of Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Mirjam E. Van Albada; Frederieke G. Loot; Rebecca Fokkema; Marcus T. R. Roofthooft; Rolf M. F. Berger

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONPost-Exercise Airway Narrowing in Healthy Primary School Children.François Marchal; Cyril Schweitzer; Frédérique Werts; Lan Thi Thuy Vu; Bruno Demoulin; Yen Thi Nguyen

Resting Energy Expenditure in Children Newly Diagnosed With Stage IV Neuroblastoma.Gloria J. Green; Sheila S. Weitzman; Paul B. Pencharz

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