JOURNAL
OF
PEDIATRIC
ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 3, MAY-JUNE 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REVIEWS
Melatonin and Sex
Hormone Interrelationships - A Review
R. Luboshitzky and P. Lavie, Afula and Haifa, Israel ......... 355
The Molecular
Background of Glycogen Metabolism Disorders
O.N. Elpeleg, Jerusalem,
Israel ......... 363
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Mutations in Chilean Patients Harboring Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary
Tumors
M.C. Johnson, E. Codner, M. Eggers, L. Mosso, J.A.
Rodriguez and F. Cassorla, Santiago,
Chile ........... 381
Clinical,
Cytogenetic and Molecular Analysis of Three 46,XX Males
E. Plöchl, I. Vlasak, O. Rittinger, E. Bergendi, M.
Stopar, P. Kurnik, M. Nachtigall, H. Zierler, G.A. Rappold and K. Schiebel, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Graz, Austria; Ljubljana,
Slovenia and Heidelberg, Germany............ 389
Month of Birth and
Subsequent Development of Type I Diabetes (IDDM)
Z. Laron, I. Shamis, D. Nitzan-Kaluski and I.
Ashkenazi, Tel Aviv, Israel ...........
397
Metabolic Control
in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes: Experience of Two Italian Regional
Centers
M. Vanelli, F. Chiarelli,G. Chiari, S. Tumini, G.
Costi, L. di Ricco, P. Zanasi, M. Catino, C. Capuano, C. Porcelli, B. Adinolfi,
F. Cieri, T. Giacalone and A. Casani, Parma
and Chieti, Italy ........... 403
Prevalence of
Microvascular and Neurologic Abnormalities in a Population of Diabetic Children
K. Karavanaki and J.D. Baum, Bristol, UK ........... 411
Heart Rate
Variability and Cardiovascular Tests in Young Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1
K. Javorka, J. Javorková, M. Petrášková,
I. Tonhajzerová,
J. Buchanec and O. Chromá, Martin,
Slovakia ......... 423
Children with
Coeliac Disease and Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus - Growth, Diabetes
Control and Dietary Intake
E. Westman, G.R. Ambler, M. Royle, J. Peat and A.
Chan, Sydney, Australia ...........
433
Determination of
Body Composition in African-American Children: Validation of Bioelectrical
Impedence with Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
V.D. Lewy, K. Danadian and S. Arslanian, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ........... 443
PATIENT REPORTS
Hypothalamic-Pituitary
Dysfunction Associated with Moyamoya Disease in Children
S.L. Mootha, W.J. Riley and P.G. Brosnan, Houston, TX, USA ........... 449
Recurrence of a
Nonsense Mutation in the Conserved Domain of SRY in a Brazilian Patient with
46,XY Gonadal Dysgenesis
J. Godoy Assumpção,
A.T.M. Guerra and M. Palandi de Mello, Campinas,
Brazil ............ 455
Central Precocious
Puberty in 48,XXYY Klinefelter Syndrome Variant
S. Bertelloni, R. Battini, G.I. Baroncelli, R.
Guerrini, P. Viacava, C. Spinelli and P. Simi, Pisa, Italy ............ 459
Growth Failure
Associated with the Use of High Dose Prozac (Fluoxetine Hydrochloride) in a
Patient with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
G.R. Frank and R.E. Navon, New Hyde Park, NY, USA ........... 467
BOOK
REVIEWS .......... 471
MEETINGS CALENDAR ............. 473