THE JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINE GENETICS

VOLUME 4, NO. 1, 2005

Letter from the Editors ......... 1

REVIEW

Overgrown Individuals in Greek Mythology

E. Bazopoulou-Kyrkanidou, Greece............ 3

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Distinction Between Graves’ Disease and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Gene Profiling

L.G. Puskas, F. Juhasz, A. Zarva, L. Hackler, Jr. and N.R. Farid, Hungary and UK ........... 9

Differential Strength of Transfected Human Growth Hormone and Placental Lactogen Gene Promoters

M. Canizales-Espinosa, H.G. Martínez-Rodríguez, V. Vila, A. Revol, H. Castillo-Ureta, O. Jiménez-Mateo, J.-M. Egly, J.-L. Castrillo and H.A. Barrera-Saldaña, México, Spain and France ............. 25

Glucocorticoid Remediable Aldosteronism: Report of a Family Pedigree and Review of the Literature

J. McCarthy, J.B.G. Watson, D.J. Murnaghan and D.J. O’Halloran, Ireland ........... 37

Overgrowth Associated with Duplication of Chromosome 12pter®p13.3/13.2

J. Popovic and L.R. Shapiro, USA ............ 45

BOOK REVIEWS ............. 51

CALENDAR ............. 55

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