JOURNAL OF
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
VOLUME 12, SUPPLEMENT 1,
APRIL 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword ........... 229
Natural History of
the Classical Form of Primary Growth Hormone (GH) Resistance (Laron Syndrome)
Z. Laron, Tel Aviv, Israel .............. 231
Partial Growth
Hormone Insensitivity
L.B. Johnston and M.O. Savage, London, UK ............. 251
Experience with
Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) Treatment of Growth Hormone Insensitivity
Syndrome (GHIS)
M.B. Ranke, H.A. Wollmann and M.O. Savage, Tübingen, Germany and London, UK
............ 259
Loss of Function
Mutations of the GnRH Receptor: A New Cause of Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
N. de Roux, J. Young, M. Misrahi, G. Schaison and E.
Milgrom, Bicêtre, France
............ 267
ACTH Resistance
Syndromes
A. Huebner, L.L.K. Elias and A.J.L. Clark, Dresden, Germany, London, UK and Ribeirão
Preto, Brazil ........... 277
Pathology of the
TSH Receptor
L. Duprez, J. Parma, J. Van Sande, P. Rodien, C.
Sabine, M. Abramowicz, J.E. Dumont and G. Vassart, Brussels, Belgium ........... 295
Hormone Resistance
Caused by Mutations in G Proteins and G Protein-coupled Receptors
A.M. Spiegel, Bethesda,
MD, USA ........... 303
GH Transcription
Factors
R.W. Pfäffle, C. Kim, O. Blankenstein and H. Kentrup,
Aachen, Germany ............. 311
Development of the
Pituitary and its Abnormalities
M. Bozzola, F. Rognone, M. Zecca and A. Calligaro, Pavia, Italy ............. 319
Management of
Puberty in Growth Hormone Deficient Children
G. Saggese, G. Federico and S. Barsanti, Pisa, Italy .............. 329
Changes in Body Composition
During 12 Months After Discontinuation of Growth Hormone Therapy in Young
Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency From Childhood
P.J.H.M. Stouthart, C.M. de Ridder, L.T.M.
Rekers-Mombarg and H.A. Delemarre van der Waal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ............ 335
Gonadotropin
Treatment of Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadal Adolescents
C. Bouvattier, M. Tauber, B. Jouret, J.-L. Chaussain
and P. Rochiccioli, Paris and Toulouse,
France ............ 339
Growth Hormone
Treatment of Patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome
E.M. Ritzén, A.-C. Lindgren, L.
Hagenäs,
C. Marcus, J. Müller and S. Blichfeldt, in collaboration with the Swedish
Growth Hormone Advisory Group, Stockholm,
Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark ............ 345
Body Composition
during GH Treatment in Prader-Labhardt-Willi Syndrome
L. Bosio, L. Beccaria, F. Benzi, A. Sanzari and G.
Chiumello, Milan, Italy ...............
351
ISSN
0334-018X/12-S1
130
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