JOURNAL
OF
PEDIATRIC
ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 4, JULY-AUGUST 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REVIEWS
Leptin as a Metabolic Regulator During Fetal and
Neonatal Life and in Childhood and Adolescence
W. Kiess, T. Siebler, P. Englaro, J. Kratzsch, J.
Deutscher, K. Meyer, B. Gallaher and W.F. Blum, Leipzig
and Giessen, Germany and Padova, Italy ............ 483
Gonadotropin Independent Precocious Puberty
L.C.K. Low and Q. Wang, Hong
Kong and Beijing, PR. China .......... 497
ORIGINAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Recognition of Children with Psychosocial Short Stature: A Spectrum of
Presentation
B.C. Gohlke, V.V. Khadilkar, D. Skuse and R.
Stanhope, London, UK ......... 509
True Hermaphrodites in the Southeastern Region of
Brazil: A Different Cytogenetic and Gonadal Profile
G. Guerra Jr., M. Palandi de Mello, J. Godoy
Assumpção, A.M. Morcillo, S.H. Valente de Lemos Marini, M.T. Matias Baptista,
R.B. Paiva E. Silva, A.P. Marques-de-Faria and A.T. Maciel-Guerra, São
Paulo, Brazil .......... 519
Pelvic Ultrasound Measurements in Normal Girls:
Relation to Puberty and Sex Hormone Concentration
Z. Orbak, N. Sağsöz, H. Alp, H. Tan,
H. Yıldırım and D. Kaya, Erzurum, Turkey ...........525
Hyperprolactinaemia and Pituitary Adenomas in
Adolescence
P. Dissaneevate and G.L. Warne,
Parkville, Australia ......... 531
Experience with Low-Dose Replacement Therapy in the
Initial Management of Severe Pediatric Acquired Primary Hypothyroidism
A.H. Slyper and P. Swenerton,
Milwaukee, WI, USA ......... 543
Diurnal Variation of Plasma Cortisol Levels in
Infancy
S. Mantagos, A. Moustogiannis and A.G. Vagenakis, Patras,
Greece ........ 549
Incidence of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
(0-14 years) in the Abruzzo Region, Italy, 1990-1995: Results from a
Population-based Register
E. Altobelli, F. Chiarelli, M. Valenti, A. Verrotti,
S. Tumini and F. Di Orio, L’Aquila and Chieti, Italy ........ 555
An Improved Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Protocol
for Unambigous Detection of Growth Hormone Gene Deletions
C.M. Mone, V. Nigro, M. Rotondi, A. Del Buono, G.
Mazziotti, M. Riondino, A.M. Sinisi, L. Ghizzoni, J.A. Phillips III, A.
Bellastella and C. Carella, Naples and Parma, Italy and Nashville, TN, USA .........
563
PATIENT REPORTS
Collodion Baby Concomitant with Congenital
Hypothyroidism: A Patient Report and Review of the Literature
S. Kurtoğlu, H. Çaksen, R. Erdoğan
and A.F. Kısaarslan, Kayseri, Turkey ......... 569
Congenital Diabetes in an Infant with Trisomy 21
N. Shehadeh, R. Gershoni-Baruch and A. Etzioni, Haifa,
Israel ......... 575
BOOK REVIEWS ........ 577
CALENDAR ........ 579