REVIEW

The “Muscle-Bone Unit” in Children and Adolescents: A 2000 Overview

H.M. Frost and E. Schönau, Pueblo, CO, USA and Köln, Germany ......  571

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Evaluation of Radial Bone Mineral Content in Prepubertal Children with Constitutional Delay of Growth

M.N. Moreira-Andrés, F.J. Cañizo, F.J. de la Cruz, A. Gómez-de la Cámara and F.G. Hawkins, Madrid, Spain ............  591

Vitamin D Receptor Genotype and Bone Mineral Density in Caucasian Children with Congenital Hypothyroidism

J. Léger, C. Tourrel, J.C. Ruiz, P. Czernichow and M. Garabedian, Paris, France ..........  599

Evaluation of the Tubular and Interstitial Functions of the Testis in 46,XY Patients with Ambiguous Genitalia

E. Gabas Stuchi-Perez, C. Lukas-Croisier, M. De Castro, M.T. Matias Baptista, M. Ribeiro Scolfaro, A.P. Marques-De-Faria, C. Hackel,
A. Trevas Maciel-Guerra and G. Guerra Jr., São Paulo, Brazil and Montrouge, France ......................  605

Risk Factors for Microalbuminuria in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

C. Lévy-Marchal, C. Sahler, M. Cahané, P.Czernichow and the GECER Study Group, Paris, France ..........  613

Effect of Exercise Training on Erythrocyte Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Receptor Binding in Adolescent Males

C. Lee, A. Eliakim, J.A. Brasel and D.M. Cooper, Torrance, CA, USA ......................  621

Posterior Pituitary Ectopy in Children with Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency

F. Mészáros, K. Vergesslich, S. Riedl, G. Häusler and H. Frisch, Vienna, Austria and Šahy, Slovakia  .................629

Comparison Between Four Immunoassays for Growth Hormone (GH) Measurement as Guides to Clinical Decisions Following GH Provocative Tests

Y. Rakover, I. Lavi, R. Masalah, T. Issam, E. Weiner and I. Ben-Shlomo, Afula and Haifa, Israel ............  637

Growth During and After a Trial of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone 1-29 in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature or Growth Hormone Neurosecretory Dysfunction

I.D. Schwartz, J.A. Grunt, S. Berg, J.D. Jacobson, W.V. Moore and C.P. Howard, Kansas City, MO, USA  .................645

Early Onset of Endocrine Abnormalities in b-Thalassemia Major in a Developing Country

R. Gulati, V. Bhatia and S.S. Agarwal, Lucknow, India ....  651

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Post-Surgical Metabolic Imbalance in Adolescents with Renal Hypophosphatemic Rickets

C. Prinster, G. Weber, S. Beccio, M. Meneghel, S. Mora and G. Chiumello, Milan, Italy ..............  657

PATIENT REPORTS

Transient Congenital Hypoparathyroidism and 22q11 Deletion

E. García-García, J. Camacho-Alonso, M.J. Gómez-Rodríguez, E. del Castillo, M.J. Martínez-Aedo and J.P. López-Siguero, Málaga and Madrid, Spain  ......... 659

Bilateral Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to Classic 11b-Hydroxylase Deficiency

F. Baş, N. Saka, F. Darendeliler, S. Tuzlalı, R. İlhan, R. Bundak and H. Günöz, Istanbul, Turkey ..........  663

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency-Induced Hemolysis in Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Monozygotic Twins

A. Galli-Tsinopoulou and S. Nousia-Arvanitakis, Thessaloniki, Greece ..........  669

Cyclophosphamide and Water Retention: Mechanism Revisited

D.M. Campbell, A. Atkinson, D. Gillis and E.B. Sochett, Toronto, Canada and Jerusalem, Israel ............  673

Treatment with Deferiprone (L1) in a Thalassaemic Patient with Bone Lesions due to Desferrioxamine

A. Mangiagli, V. De Sanctis, S. Campisi, G. Di Silvestro and L. Urso, Siracusa and Ferrara, Italy ............... 677

BOOK REVIEWS  ...............681

CALENDAR  ................683

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