TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEWS

Telomeres and Telomerase in Human Health and Disease

M. Tzukerman, S. Selig and K. Skorecki, Haifa, Israel ............  229

Monogenic Forms of Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus

C. Tsigos, I. Kyrou and S.A. Raptis, Athens, Greece  ... 241

INVITED COMMENTARY

Pseudohypoparathyroidism: A Multitude of Mutations in the Stimulatory G Protein a Subunit (G_sa) (see paper by Lim et al. on page 259)

Z. Farfel, Tel Aviv, Israel ............  255

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Mutational Analysis of the GNAS1 Exons Encoding the Stimulatory G Protein in Five Patients with Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1a

S.H.M. Lim, L.K.S. Poh, C.T. Cowell, B.-H. Tey and K.-Y. Loke, Singapore, Singapore and Westmead, Sydney, Australia ......  259

Growth Hormone Binding Protein, Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Short Stature in Two Pygmy Populations from the Philippines

N. Dávila, B.T. Shea, K. Omoto, M. Mercado, S. Misawa and G. Baumann, Chicago, IL, USA and Tokyo and Ibaragi, Japan ......................  269

Psychomotor Development in the Children of Mothers with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus or Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

M. Kowalczyk, G. Ircha, M. Zawodniak-Szałapska, K. Cypryk and J. Wilczyński, Łódź, Poland ..........  277

Clinical Characteristics of Non-Immune-Mediated, Idiopathic Type 1 (Type 1B) Diabetes Mellitus in Japanese Children and Adolescents

T. Urakami, I. Inami, S. Morimoto, S. Kubota and M. Owada, Tokyo, Japan ...........  283

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testicular Function in Prepubertal Children with Chronic Liver Disease

E. Vaiani, M. Ciocca, M. Cuarterolo, O. Imventarza, M.A. Rivarola and A. Belgorosky, Buenos Aires, Argentina ...  289

Adult Height in Advanced Puberty With or Without Gonadotropin Hormone Releasing Hormone Analog Treatment

A.C. Couto-Silva, L. Adan, C. Trivin and R. Brauner, Paris, France  ... 297

The Relation Between Adrenal Function and the Severity of Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in Children as Measured by the Methacholine Provocation Test

J. Barr, M.J. Rapoport, T. Tauber, I. Hertzianu, Y. Cafri and T. Bistritzer, Zerifin and Tel Aviv, Israel ...  307

Diurnal Leptin Rhythms in Children Treated with Prednisolone Once Daily in the Morning or in the Evening

O.D. Wolthers and C. Heuck, Randers and Aarhus, Denmark ......  313

Transient Neonatal Hypoglycemia - Long-Term Effects on Neurodevelopmental Outcome

N. Dalgıç, E. Ergenekon, Ş. Soysal, E. Koç, Y. Atalay and K. Gücüyener, Ankara, Turkey ....  319

PATIENT REPORTS

A Novel Mutation in PIT-1: Phenotypic Variability in Familial Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies

G. Gat-Yablonski, L. Lazar, A. Pertzelan and M. Phillip, Tel Aviv, Israel ............  325

Hypopituitarism, Deficiency of Factors V and VIII and von Willebrand Factor: An Uncommon Association

N. Setian, C.M. Tanaka, D. Damiani, V. Dichtchekenian, J.D.A. Carneiro and E.A. D’Amico, São Paulo, Brazil  ... 331

CNS Germinoma in a Boy with Simple Virilizing 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency and Precocious Puberty

A. Bajpai, T. Singhal, M. Kabra and P.S.N. Menon, New Delhi, India ...  335

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 339

CALENDAR  ... 341

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