JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 16,  NO. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Letter from the Editors .............  1

 Obituary: Prof. Milo Zachmann (1936-2002) .....  3

 

REVIEW

Glucotoxicity and b-Cell Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

N. Kaiser, G. Leibowitz and R. Nesher, Jerusalem, Israel ................  5

 

POINT OF VIEW

How Should We Manage Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adolescence? Transition from Paediatric to Adult Care

M. Papagianni and R. Stanhope, London, UK ...  23

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Physical Repercussions of Childhood-Onset Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency and hGH Treatment in Adulthood

J.A. Casajús, A. Ferrández Longás, E. Mayayo, J.I. Labarta and M.A. Ulied, Zaragoza and Barcelona, Spain ..............  27

 

Effect of Hypothyroidism and its Treatment on the IGF System in Infants and Children

A. Purandare, L. Co Ng, M. Godil, S.H. Ahnn and T.A. Wilson, Stony Brook, NY, USA  ... 35

 

Bone Ultrasound Velocity Curves of Newly Born Term and Preterm Infants

Y. Littner, D. Mandel, F.B. Mimouni and S. Dollberg, Tel Aviv, Israel ..............  43

 

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Interleukin-6 Activity in Children with Head Trauma and Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone

D. Gionis, I. Ilias, M. Moustaki, E. Mantzos, I. Papadatos, D.A. Koutras and G. Mastorakos, Athens, Greece  ... 49

 

Effect of Low-dose Testosterone Treatment on Androgen Regulated Proteins Prostate Specific Antigen and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin in Short Prepubertal Boys: Lack of Initiation of Puberty

M.K. Gupta, D.C. Brown, C. Faiman, C.J.H. Kelnar and F.C.W. Wu, Cleveland, OH, USA and Edinburgh and Manchester, UK ...  55

 

Analysis of Changes in the Percentage of B (CD19) and T (CD3) Lymphocytes, Subsets CD4, CD8 and their Memory (CD45RO), and Naive (CD45RA) T Cells in Children with Immune and Non-immune Thyroid Diseases

A. Bossowski, M. Urban and A. Stasiak-Barmuta, Białystok, Poland ...  63

 

Increasing Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Thai Children and Adolescents Associated with Increasing Prevalence of Obesity

S. Likitmaskul, P. Kiattisathavee, K. Chaichanwatanakul, L. Punnakanta, K. Angsusingha and C. Tuchinda, Bangkok, Thailand ........................  71

 

Coexistence of Impaired Indices of Autonomic Neuropathy and Diabetic Nephropathy in a Cohort of Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

K. Karavanaki and J.D. Baum, Athens, Greece and Bristol, UK .................  79

 

Estradiol Levels in Girls with Turner’s Syndrome Compared to Normal Prepubertal Girls as Determined by an Ultrasensitive Assay

C.A. Wilson, C. Heinrichs, K.A. Larmore, M. Craen, J. Brown-Dawson, S. Shaywitz, J. Ross and K.O. Klein, Wilmington, DE, New Haven, CT and Philadelphia, PA, USA and Brussels and Ghent, Belgium ........................  91

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Malignant Astrocytoma Arising 10 Years After Combined Treatment of Craniopharyngioma

O. Rittinger, M. Kranzinger, R. Jones and N. Jones, Salzburg, Austria ...  97

 

Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome Type 1 Without Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis in a 16 Year-old Male

A. Bhansali, N. Kotwal, V. Suresh, R. Murlidharan, A. Chattopadhyay and S.K. Mathur, Chandigarh, India  ... 103

 

Precocious Puberty Secondary to Topical Testosterone Exposure

S.L. Franklin and M.E. Geffner, Los Angeles, CA, USA  ... 107

 

Transient Neonatal Hypothyroidism Due to a Maternal Vegan Diet

M.G. Shaikh, J.M. Anderson, S.K. Hall and M.A. Jackson, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, UK ...............  111

 

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 115

CALENDAR  ... 117