Early introduction of very small amounts of multiple foods to infants: A randomized trial.

Background: We investigated whether multiple food allergies could be safely prevented by simultaneously administering very small amounts of multiple foods.

Methods: Infants 3-4 months old with atopic dermatitis from 14 primary care pediatric clinics in Japan were enrolled in this randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The infants were administered either mixed allergenic food powder (MP) containing egg, milk, wheat, soybean, buckwheat, and peanuts, or placebo powder (PP).

[A case of rhabdomyolysis associated with Salmonella encephalopathy].

We report a case of severe rhabdomyolysis associated with Salmonella encephalopathy. A 3-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of status convulsives and unconsciousness. She was diagnosed as having Salmonella encephalopathy with rhabdmyolysis, and was treated by mild hypothermia and mechanical ventilation.

Brain evoked potentials of 3-D auditory stimuli.

Background: For evaluation of spatial cognitive function, we studied the brain evoked potentials (EP) of 3-D auditory stimuli in regard to the change of latencies in normal subjects aged 1-21 years and compared them with patients who have mental retardation (MR).

Methods: A total of 144 normal subjects and 67 patients with MR were tested. The EP were elicited by 1000 Hz fixed and enlarged tones with Doppler effect randomly presented.