JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 13,  NO.  4   (2000)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

REVIEW

The Roles of Placental Growth Hormone and Placental Lactogen in the Regulation of Human Fetal Growth and Development

S. Handwerger and M. Freemark, Cinncinnati, OH and Durham, NC, USA ..............  343

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Turner’s Syndrome and Thyroid Disease: A Transverse Study of Pediatric Patients in Brazil

C.C.M. Medeiros, S.H.V.L. Marini, M.T.M. Baptista, G. Guerra Jr. and A.T. Maciel-Guerra, São Paulo, Brazil ...........  357

 

The Rising Incidence of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes in New South Wales, Australia

M.E. Craig, N.J. Howard, M. Silink and A. Chan, Sydney, Australia .......  363

 

Prolactin Secretion Abnormalities in Patients with the “Syndrome of Spotty Skin Pigmentation, Myxomas, Endocrine Overactivity and Schwannomas” (Carney Complex)

S.B. Raff, J.A. Carney, D. Krugman, J.L. Doppman and C.A. Stratakis, New Britain, CT, Rochester, MN and Bethesda, MD, USA ......................  373

 

Is Statural Growth Predictable in Utero? Follow-up from the Second Trimester of Gestation to the 8th Year of Life

E. Cacciari, S. Salardi, C. David, D. Tassinari, C. Dalla Casa, G.L. Pilu, B. Mainetti, S. Gualandi and L. Bovicelli, Bologna, Italy ..............  381

 

Postnatal Growth in Southern Chinese Children with Symptomatic Congenital Heart Disease

E.G.J. Jacobs, M.P. Leung and J.P. Karlberg, Hong Kong, China ......  387

 

Symptomatic versus Substitution Growth Hormone Therapy in Short Children: From Auxology Towards a Comprehensive Multidimensional Assessment of Short Stature and Related Interventions

F. Haverkamp, U. Eiholzer, M.B. Ranke and M. Noeker, Tbingen, Germany and Zrich, Switzerland ..  403

 

Psychosocial Outcome in Growth Hormone Deficient Patients Diagnosed During Childhood

A. Keselman, A. Martínez, L. Pantano, C. Bergadá and J.J. Heinrich, Buenos Aires, Argentina ...  409

 

Nocturnal Integrated Gonadotropin Concentrations in Evaluating Pubertal Transition in Girls

A. Zung, A. Raisin, Z. Zadik and M. Chen, Rehovot, Israel ............  417

 

Serum Leptin Concentrations in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Non-Syndromal Obesity

G. Bueno, L.A. Moreno, I. Pineda, J. Campos, J.L. Ruibal, Mª G. Juste, E. Casado and M. Bueno, Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain ..  425

 

Chronic Hypoxemia Leads to Reduced Serum IGF-I Levels in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

B. Dndar, A. Akçoral G. Saylam, N. nal, T. Meþe, S. Hdaoğlu, B. Bykgebiz, E. Böber and A. Bykgebiz, Izmir, Turkey  431

 

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion and “Designer Drugs” (Ecstasy)

M. Gómez-Balaguer, H. Peña, C. Morillas and A. Hernández, Valencia, Spain ....  437

 

Osteopenia in Children and Adolescents with Hyperprolactinemia

A. Galli-Tsinopoulou, S. Nousia-Arvanitakis, G. Mitsiakos, M. Karamouzis and A. Dimitriadis, Thessaloniki, Greece ..........  439

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Hypothalamic Hamartoma as a Cause of Precocious Puberty in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Patient Report

K. Biswas, A. Kapoor, S. Jain and A.C. Ammini, New Delhi, India ..  443

 

Insulin-like Growth Factor Serum Concentrations Reflect Insufficient Growth in a Hypoplastic Infant with Partial Trisomy 9q in the 12th Week of Life

A. Hbler, J. Seidel, E. Kauf, D. Schramm, V. Beensen, A. Heller, T. Liehr and F. Zintl, Jena, Germany ......  445

 

FORUM AND CORRESPONDENCE .............  451

BOOK REVIEWS ......................  453

CALENDAR  455

 

 

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