JOURNAL OF
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 5, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REVIEWS
Trace Minerals in
Human Growth and Development
C. Castillo-Durán and F. Cassorla, Santiago,
Chile ......... 589
Oral Health in
Children and Adolescents with IDDM - A Review
L. Iughetti, R. Marino, M.F. Bertolani and S.
Bernasconi, Modena, Italy ........... 603
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Influence of
Growth Hormone Treatment on Pubertal Timing and Pubertal Growth in Children
with Idiopathic Short Stature
L.T.M. Rekers-Mombarg, G.A. Kamp, G.G. Massa, J.M.
Wit and the Dutch Growth Hormone Working Group, Lieden and Utrecht, The
Netherlands ........... 611
Endogenous Growth
Hormone Secretion does not Correlate with Growth in Patients with Turner’s
Syndrome
L. Cavallo, R. Gurrado and the Italian Study Group
for Turner Syndrome, Bari, Italy ......... 623
Insulin-like
Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) Concentrations
Compared to Stimulated Growth Hormone (GH) in the Evaluation of Children
Treated for Malignancy
A. Cicognani, E. Cacciari, A. Pession, A. Pasini, R.
De Iasio, M. Gennari, P. Alvisi and P. Pirazzoli, Bologna, Italy
............ 629
Leptin in
African-American Children
K. Danadian, C. Suprasongsin, J.E. Janosky and S.
Arslanian, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ........... 639
Nodular Goiter and
Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents in a Moderate Endemic Area (Lower
Silesia-Sudeten Endemia) in the Last Twelve Years
R. Wąsikowa, Z. Iwanicka, T. Żak, T. Łukieńczuk and
K. Sawicz-Birkowska, Wroclaw Poland ............. 645
Mass Screening
Program for Congenital Hypothyroidism in South-Eastern Poland
D. Tylek-Lemańska, R. Ratajczak, B. Szczepaniak, H.
Dziatkowiak and M. Rybakowa, Krakow, Poland ............. 653
Pregnancy Outcome
in Patients with Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Nephropathy
Treated with ACE Inhibitors before Pregnancy
J. Bar, R. Chen, A. Schoenfeld, R. Orvieto, J.
Yahav, Z. Ben-Rafael and M. Hod, Tel Aviv, Israel .......... 659
Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase
and Islet Cell Antibodies in Healthy Estonian Children
B. Adojaan, E. Sabbah, P. Vähäsalo,
H.K. Ĺkerblom, T. Podar and M. Knip, Tartu, Estonia and Oulu, Helsinki and
Tampere, Finland ........... 667
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Efficacy of
Long-Term Growth Hormone Treatment in Turner’s Syndrome
J. Van den Broeck, A. Van Teunenbroek, A.
Hokken-Koelega, J.-M. Wit and the European Study Group, Rotterdam,
Nieuwegein and Lieden, The Netherlands .......... 673
Spatial Clustering
of Childhood IDDM Prevalence in Slovakia 1985-95: A Socio-economic Issue?
M. Mikulecky and D. Michalkova, Bratislava,
Slovakia ............ 677
PATIENT REPORTS
Tamoxifen
Treatment of Progressive Precocious Puberty in a Patient with McCune-Albright
Syndrome
E.A Eugster, R. Shankar, L.K. Feezle and O.H.
Pescovitz, Indianapolis, IN, USA ........... 681
Gender Identity
Reversal in an Adolescent with Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis
R. Birnbacher, M. Marberger, G. Weissenbacher, E.
Schober and H. Frisch, Vienna, Austria ......... 687
Ketoacidosis and
Hyperosmolarity as First Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Following
Ingestion of High-Carbohydrate-Containing Fluids
M. Vanelli, G. Chiari, L. Ghizzoni, C. Capuano, L.
Bonetti, G. Costi, T. Giacalone and F. Chiarelli, Parma and Chieti, Italy
.......... 691
Severe
Hypoglycemia and Reduction of Insulin Requirement in a Girl with Insulin-Dependent
Diabetes Mellitus:
First Sign of a
Craniopharyngioma
J. Lebl, M. Šnajderová and S. Koloušková, Prague,
Czech Republic ......... 695
BOOK REVIEWS ............. 699
MEETINGS CALENDAR ............. 701
SUPPLEMENT 2
Abstracts of the 12th National Meeting of the
Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP), October
1999 ...... 703