TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL: Congratulations to Our Editor-in-Chief ...........  113

REVIEW

Deteriorating Diabetes Control during Adolescence: Physiological or Psychosocial?

J. Hamilton and D. Daneman, Toronto, Canada ........  115

EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY

How Should the Short Stature of Girls with Turner’s Syndrome be Treated? (see paper by Stahnke et al. on p. 129)

R. Stanhope, London, UK . ... 127

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Favorable Final Height Outcome in Girls with Ullrich-Turner Syndrome Treated with Low-Dose Growth Hormone Together with Oxandrolone Despite Starting Treatment After 10 Years of Age

N. Stahnke, E. Keller, H. Landy and Serono Study Group, Hamburg and Leipzig, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland ...  129

SHOX Intragenic Microsatellite Analysis in Patients with Short Stature

B. Ezquieta, E. Cueva, A. Oliver and R. Gracia, Madrid, Spain  ... 139

Auxological Computer Based Network for Early Detection of Disorders of Growth and Weight Attainment

E. Keller, R. Gausche, C. Meigen, A. Keller, J. Burmeister and W. Kiess, Leipzig and Kiel, Germany  ... 149

Microadenomas of the Pituitary Gland in Children With and Without Hypophyseal Dysfunction in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

W. Hirsch, W. Zumkeller, H. Teichler, A. Jassoy, A. Schlüter and T. Langer, Halle, Germany....... 157

Pamidronate Treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta - Lack of Correlation Between Clinical Severity, Age at Onset of Treatment, Predicted Collagen Mutation and Treatment Response

M. Zacharin and J. Bateman, Parkville, Victoria, Australia  ... 163

The Relationship between Clinical Severity of Noonan’s Syndrome and Growth, Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion and Response to GH Treatment

K. Noordam, I. van der Burgt, H.G. Brunner and B.J. Otten, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ...  175

Cardiac Mass and Function, Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Lipoprotein (a) Levels in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus of Short Duration

P. Gunczler, R. Lanes, E. Lopez, S. Esaa, O. Villarroel and R. Revel-Chion, Caracas, Venezuela .....  181

Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition and Influencing Factors in Children with Rheumatic Diseases Treated with Corticosteroids

D. Mul, L.W.A. van Suijlekom-Smit, R. ten Cate, W.P. Bekkering and S.M.P.F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Rotterdam and Leiden, The Netherlands ...  187

Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Levels in Short Children

S. Michalacos, F. Karachaliou, E. Vlachopapadopoulou, A. Fotinou and E. Konstandellou, Athens, Greece  ... 193

Reference Values for Morning Salivary Cortisol Concentrations in Healthy School-aged Children

C.-J. Törnhage, Umeå, Sweden  ... 197

Impaired Glucose Homeostasis in Young Adult Thalassemic Patients: A Pilot Study with Acarbose

A. Mangiagli, S. Italia, V. De Sanctis and S. Campisi, Siracuse and Ferrara, Italy    ... 205

PATIENT REPORTS

An Activating Mutation of the Thyrotropin Receptor Gene in Hereditary Non-Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism

Y.-S. Lee, L.K.S. Poh and K.-Y. Loke, Singapore, Singapore .....  211

Growth Hormone Therapy May Increase Fracture Risk in a Pubertal Patient with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

H. Noda, H. Onishi, K. Saitoh and H. Nakajima, Chiba, Japan  ... 217

Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism Associated with Prelingual Deafness due to a Connexin 26 Gene Mutation

M. Houang, M. Gourmelen, L. Moatti, Y. Le Bouc, E.N. Garabédian and F. Denoyelle, Paris, France ..........  219

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 225

CALENDAR  ... 227

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