TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEW

Clustering of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among Obese Children

D.S. Freedman, Atlanta, GA, USA ...  1099

COMMENTARY

The Multidisciplinary Team for Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus (see paper by Brink et al. on page 1113)

Z. Laron, Tel Aviv, Israel ..........  1109

POINT OF VIEW

Education and Multidisciplinary Team Care Concepts for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Mellitus

S.J. Brink, M. Miller and K.C. Moltz, Waltham and Boston, MA, USA ............  1113

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Ultrasonic Evaluation of Early Atherosclerosis in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

T. Yavuz, A. Akçay, R.E. Ömeroğlu, R. Bundak and M. Şükür, Düzce, Denizli and Istanbul, Turkey ...  1131

Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Severe Ketoacidosis at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children in a North Rhine-Westphalian Region, Germany

J. Rosenbauer, A. Icks and G. Giani, Düsseldorf, Germany ....  1137

Metformin Adjunctive Therapy with Insulin Improves Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study

R. Gómez, M.H. Mokhashi, J. Rao, A. Vargas, T. Compton, R. McCarter and S.A. Chalew, New Orleans, LA and Baltimore, MD, USA ............  1147

Increase in the Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children in Three Cities in Poland, 1987-1999

H. Dziatkowiak, M. Ciechanowska, R. Wąsikowa, A. Symonides-Ławecka, J. Bieniasz, H. Trippenbach-Dulska, L. Korniszewski and Z. Szybiński, Wrocław, Warsaw and Cracow, Poland ........  1153

Benn Index at Birth is Associated with Postnatal Linear Growth

Y.B. Cheung, K. Albertsson-Wikland, Z.C. Luo, Q. He and J. Karlberg, Hong Kong, PR China and Göteborg, Sweden .......  1161

Screening for Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Receptor Mutations in Patients with Silver-Russell Syndrome

G. Binder, K. Mavridou, H.A. Wollmann, T. Eggermann and M.B. Ranke, Tübingen and Aachen, Germany  ... 1167

Precocious Puberty: Clinical and Endocrine Profile and Factors Indicating Neurogenic Precocity in Indian Children

A. Bajpai, J. Sharma, M. Kabra, A. Kumar Gupta and P.S.N. Menon, New Delhi, India ...  1173

Parental GM and HLA Genotypes and Reduced Birth Weight in Patients with Turner’s Syndrome

D. Larizza, M. Martinetti, J.M. Dugoujon, C. Tinelli, V. Calcaterra, M. Cuccia, L. Salvaneschi and F. Severi, Pavia, Italy and Toulouse, France ...  1183

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children Aged Under 15 Years in the Republic of Ireland

E.F. Roche, A. Menon, D. Gill and H.M.C.V. Hoey, Dublin, Ireland ....  1191

PATIENT REPORTS

hCG-Secreting Pineal Teratoma Causing Precocious Puberty: Report of Two Patients and Review of the Literature

K. Nogueira, B. Liberman, F.R. Pimentel-Filho, J. Goldman, M.E.R. Silva, J.O. Vieira, J.A. Buratini and A. Cukiert, São Paulo, Brazil  ... 1195

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a 3½ Year-old Girl with Turner’s Syndrome

E.N. Gonc, A. Ozon, A. Alikasifoglu and N. Kandemir, Ankara, Turkey ........  1203

Asymmetrical Closure of Epiphyses in a Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia

P.F. Collett-Solberg, R.E. Ware and S.M. O’Hara, Durham, NC, USA  ... 1207

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 1213

CALENDAR  ... 1215

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