REVIEW

Nongenomic Actions of Steroids - From the Laboratory to Clinical Implications

D. Gerdes, M. Christ, K. Haseroth, A. Notzon, E. Falkenstein and M. Wehling, Heidelberg, Germany ......  853

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Diagnosis and Management of Juvenile Hyperthyroidism in Germany: A Retrospective Multicenter Study

J. Dötsch, T. Siebler, B.P.Hauffa, B. Doeker, W. Andler, M. Bettendorf, U. Heinrich, B. Gohlke, N. Albers, H. Willgerodt and W. Kiess, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Leipzig, Essen, Witten-Herdecke, Heidelberg and Bonn, Germany ...  879

Relationship Between Serum Growth Hormone Binding Protein Levels and Height in Young Men

E. Codner, M.V. Mericq, H.G. Maheshwari, G. Iñiguez, M.T Capurro, T. Salazar, G. Baumann and F. Cassorla, Santiago, Chile and Chicago, IL, USA ........  887

Prediction of Height Velocity of Prepubertal Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency in the First Year of Treatment with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone

V. Mueller, W. Hoepffner, W. Kiess and E. Keller, Leipzig, Germany  .........893

Efficacy of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in Children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Growth Failure

A. Al-Mutair, S. Bahabri, S. Al-Mayouf and A. Al-Ashwal, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  .............899

Differences of Hexarelin-induced Prolactin and Cortisol Responses Between Prepubertal and Early Pubertal Short Children and Lack of Correlation with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-induced Gonadotropin Response

G. Guzzaloni, G. Grugni and F. Morabito, Verbania Intra, Italy ....  907

No Relationship Between Leptin and Cortisol in Obese Children and Adolescents

K. Sudi, S. Gallistl, G. Weinhandl, C. Payer, M. Cartellieri and M.H. Borkenstein, Graz, Austria  ...............913

Insulin and Insulin Resistance Index are Not Independent Determinants for the Variation in Leptin in Obese Children and Adolescents

K. Sudi, S. Gallistl, M. Tröbinger, E. Reiterer, D. Payerl, R. Aigner and M.H. Borkenstein, Graz, Austria .........  923

Evaluation of Bone Mineral Metabolism in Children Receiving Carbamazepine and Valproic Acid

E. Erbayat Altay, A. Serdaroğlu, L. Tümer, K. Gücüyener and A. Hasanoğlu, Ankara, Turkey ..........  933

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Growth in Four Patients on Combined Treatment with LHRH Analogue and Growth Hormone after Renal Transplantation

G. Alonso, J. Ferraris and T. Pasqualini, Buenos Aires, Argentina ...  941

PATIENT REPORTS

Combined 21-Hydroxylase and 11b-Hydroxylase Deficiency: Patient Report and Molecular Basis

D. Gillis, P. Speiser, Z. Zhou and A. Rösler, Jerusalem, Israel and New York, USA ......................  945

Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome with Growth Hormone Deficiency and Neuropathy

Z. Şıklar, G. Tanyer, Y. Dallar and F. G ü l Aksoy, Ankara, Turkey ....  951

Familial Brachyolmia

Ş. Darcan, O. Yalman, M. Çoker, N. Demir and F. Özkinay, Izmir, Turkey ..........  955

Androglottia in a Young Female Adolescent with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

S. Fürst-Recktenwald, H.G. Dörr and F. Rosanowski, Erlangen, Germany ......................  959

FORUM AND CORRESPONDENCE ................  963

BOOK REVIEWS  ................965

CALENDAR  .....................967

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