JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 11, NUMBER 2, MARCH-APRIL 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEW

The Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Tumours

D.L. Learoyd, S.M. Twigg, J.V. Zedenius and B.G. Robinson, Sydney, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ...... 195

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

Frequency and Characteristics of Lingual Thyroid not Detected by Screening

David Gillis, Lori Brnjac, Kusiel Perlman, Etienne B. Sochett and Denis Daneman, Toronto, Canada ...... 229

Thyroxine Screening Values in Premature Infants

Judy Saslow, Ernest M. Post, Carol A. Southard, Grace M. Stuart and Margaret Fernandes D’Souza, Camden, NJ, USA ........ 235

The Association of Congenital Hypothyroidism and Congenital Gastrointestinal Anomalies

in Down’s Syndrome Infants

Somchit Jaruratanasirikul, Narumon Patarakijvanich and Chutima Patanapisarnsak, Songkhla, Thailand ......... 241

Growth Stunting in Early Life in Relation to the Onset of the Childhood Component of Growth

Y.X. Liu, F. Jalil and J. Karlberg, Hong Kong and Lahore, Pakistan ......... 247

Pseudopapilledema and Congenital Disc Anomalies in Growth Hormone Deficiency

P.F. Collett-Solberg, G.T. Liu, M. Satin-Smith, L. Levitt Katz and T. Moshang Jr., Philadelphia, PA, USA ........... 261

Prevention of Diabetes in Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mice by Short-Term and High-Dose IGF-I Treatment

Y. Kaino, H. Hirai, T. Ito and K. Kida, Ehime, Japan ............... 267

PATIENT REPORTS

Thyroid Abnormalities as a Feature of DiGeorge Syndrome: A Patient Report and Review of the Literature

Rosie Scuccimarri and Celia Rodd, Montreal, Canada ........ 273

Persistent Neonatal Hypoglycemia: An Unusual Finding of Congenital Hypothyroidism

Selim Kurtoğlu, Ahmet Tutuş, Kürşat Aydın, Ercan Genç and Hüseyin Çaksen, Kayseri, Turkey ........ 277

Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in a Prepubertal Child with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Irene N. Sills and Robert Rapaport, Morristown and Newark, NJ, USA ........... 281

FROM THE PRACTICE

Growth and Developmental Follow-up Forms

Z. Laron, A. Pertzelan and R. Kauli, Petah Tikva, Israel ......... 283

Book Reviews ........ 285

Meeting Report ......... 287

Calendar ..........288