INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND
HEALTH
Special Issue
on Disability and Adolescence
Edited by Joav
Merrick and Mohammed Morad
Disability and Health
Mohammed Morad,
Isack Kandel and Joav Merrick ........... 1
REVIEW
ARTICLES
Rett
syndrome management with Snoezelen or controlled multi-sensory stimulation. A
review
Meir Lotan and
Joav Merrick ............... 5
Adolescents
with Down syndrome
Joav
Merrick, Isack Kandel, and Gideon Vardi ................ 13
Adolescence,
chronic illness and disability
Mohammed
Morad, Isack Kandel, Eytan Hyam and Joav Merrick ............ 21
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Childhood
asthma management and control. Analysis of the Student
Lung Health Survey (SLHS) database, Canada 1996
Frank
Mo, Chris Robinson, and Bernard CK Choi .............. 29
Blood
phenylalanine control in adolescents with phenylketonuria
John
H Walter and Fiona J White ................ 41
Transition
to adult care for adolescents with sickle cell disease: Results of a national
survey
Joseph
Telfair, John E Ehiri, Penny S Loosier, and Monica Baskin ........... 47
CASE REPORT
Refeeding
problems in a severe Anorexia Nervosa case
Orhan
Derman, Nuray Ö Kanbur, Turgay Coşkun, and Berna Pehlivantürk .............. 65
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Reflections
on youth and when living hurts
Sol
Gordon ............ 71
TRENDS AND MILESTONES IN ADOLESCENCE
Trends
in Autism
Joav Merrick,
Isack Kandel, and Mohammed Morad ................... 75
Blindness in adolescents in Israel
Joav Merrick, Katherine Bergwerk, Mohammed Morad and
Eli Carmeli...........79
BOOK REVIEWS ............ 83
CALENDAR OF EVENTS ................ 88
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ISSN 0334-0139/16:1
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