JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 14, SUPPLEMENT 6, DECEMBER 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword ...... 1393

 

Plenary Lecture

The Human Genome Project: Implications for the Endocrinologist

U. Francke, USA ........... 1395

 

Obesity: From DNA to the Dining Table

Pro-opiomelanocortin and Weight Regulation: From Mice to Men

B.A. Boston, USA ............ 1409

 

How the Brain Regulates Food Intake and Body Weight: The Role of Leptin

D.G. Baskin, J.E. Blevins and M.W. Schwartz, USA ........... 1417

 

Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: Clinical Diagnosis and Management

W. Kiess, A. Reich, G. Müller, A. Galler, T. Kapellen, K. Raile, A. Böttner, B. Seidel and J. Kratzsch, Germany ......... 1431

 

Growth Hormone Treatment of Patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome: Practical Management - Workshop

Early Manifestations of Prader-Willi Syndrome: Influence of Growth Hormone

U. Eiholzer, M. Schlumpf, Y. Nordmann and D. l’Allemand, Switzerland ......... 1441

 

Prader-Willi Syndrome: How Does Growth Hormone Affect Body Composition and Physical Function?

A.L. Carrel and D.B. Allen, USA .......... 1445

 

Thyroid Function in the Newborn: Issues Yet to be Solved - Workshop

The Role of Thyroid Hormone in Fetal Neurodevelopment

G. Morreale de Escobar, Spain ........... 1453

 

Pre- and Postnatal Brain Development in Neonates with Congenital Hypothyroidism

J.J. Bongers-Schokking, The Netherlands ............. 1463

 

Endemic Goiter and Cretinism: An Update on Iodine Status

J.T. Dunn, USA ............ 1469

 

Corticosteroids and Growth - Workshop

The Interaction of Glucocorticoids with the Growth Hormone-Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis and its Effects on Growth Plate Chondrocytes and Bone Cells

O. Mehls, R. Himmele, M. Hömme, D. Kiepe and G. Klaus, Germany ............ 1475

 

Linear Growth in Children Suffering from Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Requiring Steroid Therapy: Natural History and Effects of Growth Hormone Treatment on Linear Growth

D. Simon, N. Lucidarme, A.-M. Prieur, J.-C. Ruiz and P. Czernichow, France ........... 1483

 

Inhaled Corticosteroids and Growth

O.D. Wolthers, Denmark ........... 1487

 

Treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta

The Use of Bisphosphonates in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

F.H. Glorieux, Canada ........... 1491

 

Intrauterine Growth Retardation: A New Vision for the 21st Century

The Endocrine and Metabolic Profile of the Growth-Retarded Fetus

I. Cetin, T. Radaelli, E. Taricco, N. Giovannini, G. Alvino and G. Pardi, Italy ............ 1497

 

The ‘Gold Standard’ for Optimal Fetal Growth and Development

K.M. Godfrey, UK ............ 1507

 

New Insights into the Postnatal Growth of Infants Born ‘Idiopathic’ Small for Gestational Age

P. Chatelain, N. Peretti, A. Lapillonne, M. Nicolino, B. Salle, Y. Alamercery, J.-M. Thoulon, G. Mellier, P. Audra and O. Claris, France ........ 1515

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cont.

Constitutional Delay of Growth and Development: Diagnosis, Therapeutic Intervention, Outcome - Workshop

Hormonal Determinants of Pubertal Growth

H.A. Delemarre-van de Waal, S.C.C.M. van Coeverden and J. Rotteveel, The Netherlands ............. 1521

 

The Estrogen Receptor in the Growth Plate: Implications For Pubertal Growth

B.C.J. van der Eerden, M. Karperien and J.M. Wit, The Netherlands ........... 1527

 

Final Height Prediction in Constitutional Growth Delay

R.L. Hintz, USA ........... 1535

 

Treatment of Delayed Male Puberty: Efficacy of Aromatase Inhibition

L. Dunkel and S. Wickman, Finland ........... 1541

 

Selected Poster Abstracts

GH Treatment ........... 1549

GH-IGF Axis. Binding Protein Physiology .......... 1553

GHD. Hypopituitarism ........... 1556

Syndromes: Turner’s Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome .......... 1559

SGA. Gonadal Disorders ........... 1563

Growth/Endocrine in Systemic Disease ............. 1570

Genetic/Metabolic Syndromes ............ 1572

 

 

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