TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Editor ................. 1

REVIEWS

Use of Androgens and Oestrogens in Adolescents - A Review of Hormone Replacement Treatment

M. Zacharin, Parkville, Victoria, Australia .........  3

Endocrine Activity During Sleep

R. Luboshitzky, Haifa, Israel ..................  13

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Growth Hormone Deficiency Type IB Caused by Cryptic Splicing of the GH-1 Gene

H. Abdul-Latif, E. Leiberman, M.R. Brown, R. Carmi and J.S. Parks, Atlanta, GA, USA and Beer Sheva, Israel .................  21

An Atypical Kindred with X-linked Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita, Normal Puberty, and Normal Dax-1 Promoter and Coding Sequence

K.Y. Loke, K.S.L. Poh, A.P. Walker, J.A.M.A. Tan and A.H.N. Tay, Singapore and London, UK ............  29

Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy: Long-Term Outcome Following Subtotal Pancreatectomy

P. Mahachoklertwattana, C. Suprasongsin, S. Teeraratkul and C. Preeyasombat, Bangkok, Thailand .......  37

Length Velocity Acceleration at 9 Months of Age in a Representative Birth Cohort of Dutch Infants

J. Van den Broeck, R. Brand, G. Massa, W.P. Herngreen and J.-M. Wit, Leiden, The Netherlands .........  45

Penile Length of Newborns in Singapore

W.B. Lian, W.R. Lee and L.Y. Ho, Singapore .............  55

Longitudinal Assessment of L-T4 Therapy for Congenital Hypothyroidism: Differences Between Athyreosis vs Ectopia and Delayed vs Normal Bone Age

M. García F., R. Calzada-León, J. Pérez R., M. Pía Martínez G., R. González P., M. Pérez C., M. de la Luz Ruíz R.and N. Altamirano B., Mexico City, Mexico ...........  63

Cord Blood Leptin Levels: Relationship to Body Weight, Body Mass Index, Sex and Insulin and Cortisol Levels of Maternal-Newborn Pairs at Delivery

B. Kırel, N. Tekin, B. Tekin, F. Sultan Kılıç, N. Doğruel and S.D. Aydoğdu, Eskişehir, Turkey ...........  71

Intensive Diabetes Management in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: The Importance of Intensive Follow-up

M.L. Lawson, M.R. Frank, M.K. Fry, K. Perlman, E.B. Sochett and D. Daneman, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...........  79

Circulating L-Selectin Concentrations in Children with Recent-Onset IDDM

O. Kordonouri and C. Bührer, Berlin, Germany .............................  85

Analysis of Cytokine mRNA Expression in Pancreatic Islets of Nonobese Diabetic Mice

H. Hirai, Y. Kaino, T. Ito and K. Kida, Ehime, Japan .............  91

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Thyroid Agenesis Associated with Phalangeal Anomaly

B. Özkan, Z. Orbak and H. Döneray, Erzurum, Turkey .................  99

PATIENT REPORTS

Serum Inhibin B Concentration in a Prepubertal Boy with Gynecomastia and Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

I. Bergadá, K. Del Toro, O. Katz, H. Chemes and S. Campo, Buenos Aires, Argentina ..................  101

Nonclassic 11b-Hydroxylase Deficiency: Report of Two Patients and Review

Pamela A. Clark, Louisville, KY, USA ........................  105

BOOK REVIEWS ............  111

CALENDAR .........................  113

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