TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEWS

Development of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in the Fetus and Preterm Infant

R.J. Bolt, M.M. van Weissenbruch, H.N. Lafeber and H.A. Delemarre-van de Waal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ...  759

Growth Hormone Signal Transduction

G. Piwien-Pilipuk, J.S. Huo and J. Schwartz, Ann Arbor, MI, USA ...  771

INVITED COMMENTARY

Growth-Promoting Actions of Prolactin, the Hormone of Lactation (see paper by Bujanover et al. on p. 789)

V. Goffin and P.A. Kelly, Paris, France ..........  787

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A Possible Role of Prolactin on Growth and Maturation of the Gut During Development in the Rat

Y. Bujanover, Y. Wollman, S. Reif and A. Golander, Tel Aviv, Israel ....  789

Follow-up Height After Discontinuation of Growth Hormone Treatment in Children with Intrauterine Growth Retardation

F. Darendeliler, R. Bundak, S.K. Eryılmaz, H. Günöz, F. Baş and N. Saka, Istanbul, Turkey ..........  795

Familial Dysalbuminemic Hyperthyroxinemia: A Rare Example of Albumin Polymorphism and its Rapid Molecular Diagnosis

T.W. AvRuskin, C.S. Juan and R.E. Weiss, Brooklyn, NY and Chicago, IL, USA .........  801

Responses of Bone Turnover Markers and Bone Mineral Density to Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency and Multiple Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies

N. Kandemir, E.N. Gonc and N. Yordam, Ankara, Turkey ..........  809

Borderline Congenital Hypothyroidism in the Neonatal Period

Z. Şıklar, H. Tezer, Y. Dallar and G. Tanyer, Ankara, Turkey ..........  817

Hot Nodules in Children and Adolescents in Western Poland from 1996 to 2000: Clinical Analysis of 31 Patients

M. Niedziela, D. Breborowicz, E. Trejster and E. Korman, Poznan, Poland ..........  823

Diabetes Mellitus-Related Autoantibodies in Childhood Autoimmune Hepatitis

M.E.R. da Silva, G. Porta, A.C. Goldberg, P.L. Bittencourt, R.T. Fukui, M.R.S. Correia, I.K. Miura, R.S. Pugliese, V.L. Baggio, E.L.R. Cançado, J. Kalil, R.F. Santos, D.M. Rochal, B.L. Wajchenberg, M.J.M. Ursich and A.L. Rosenbloom, São Paulo, Brazil and Gainesville, FL, USA .......  831

Carnitine Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus

M. Çoker, C. Çoker, Ş. Darcan, Ş. Can, Z. Orbak and D. Gökşen, İzmir and Erzurum, Turkey ..........  841

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Growth Hormone Therapy in Noonan’s Syndrome: Non-Cardiomyopathic Congenital Heart Disease Does Not Adversely Affect Growth Improvement

D.C. Brown, C.E. Macfarlane, W.J. McKenna, M.A. Patton, D.B. Dunger, M.O. Savage and C.J.H. Kelnar, Edinburgh, London and Oxford, UK ...........  851

PATIENT REPORTS

An Adolescent with Food-Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome Secondary to Ectopic Expression of GIP Receptor in Unilateral Adrenal Adenoma

C. Noordam, A.R.M.M. Hermus, G. Pesman, N. N’Diaye, C.G.J. Sweep, A. Lacroix and B.J. Otten, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Montréal, Canada  ... 853

Massive Ovarian Edema Causing Early Puberty

S. Kanumakala, G.L. Warne, K.B. Stokes, Y.F. Chan and S. Grover, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ......  861

GAPO Syndrome: First Patients with Partially Empty Sella

Z. Orbak, R. Orbak, B. Ozkan and A. Okten, Erzurum and Trabzon, Turkey ...  865

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 869

CALENDAR  ... 871

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