TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEW

Dietary Management for Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus: Personal Experience and Recommendations

H. Dorchy, Brussels, Belgium ... 131

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A Novel Point Mutation in the Hormone Binding Domain of the Androgen Receptor Associated with Partial and Minimal Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

A. Galli-Tsinopoulou, O. Hiort, T. Schuster, G. Messer and U. Kuhnle, Munich and Lübeck, Germany and Thessaloniki, Greece ..........  149

Effects of 5 Years Growth Hormone Treatment in Patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome

K. Obata, S. Sakazume, A. Yoshino, N. Murakami and R. Sakuta, Saitama, Japan ...........  155

Tumoral Versus Non-tumoral Hyperprolactinemia in Children and Adolescents: Possible Usefulness of the Domperidone Test

H.L. Fideleff, M. Azaretzky, H.R. Boquete, A.B. Pujol, M. Honfi, M.G. Suárez, G. Fideleff and A.V. Giaccio, Buenos Aires, Argentina ...  163

Physical Growth and Sexual Maturation of Boys in Chapaevsk, Russia

M.M. Lee, O. Sergeyev, P. Williams, S. Korrick, V. Zeilert, B. Revich and R. Hauser, Durham, NC and Boston, MA, USA and
Chapaevsk and Moscow, Russia ...  169

Serum Leptin and Interleukin-6 Levels in Pediatric Patients with HIV

A. Liotta, M.C. Maggio, P. Di Carlo, S. Teresi, A. Romano, E. Guicciardino, P.M. Miraglia and L. Titone, Palermo, Italy ..............  179

Changes in Lymphocyte Subsets in Children with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

K. Kądziela, H. Kowalska, B. Rymkiewicz-Kluczyńska, M. Kowalska, G. Miszkurka, J. Rybczyńska, M. Wąsik and E. Pańkowska,
Warsaw, Poland ...  185

Effect of Long-term Carbamazepine Therapy on Serum Lipids, Vitamin B₁₂ and Folic Acid Levels in Children

G. Deda, H. Çaksen and D. İçağasıoğlu, Ankara and Van, Turkey ..........  193

Sensitivity of Iodine Deficiency Indicators and Iodine Status in Turkey

E. Simsek, A. Safak, O. Yavuz, S. Aras, S. Dogan and K. Kocabay, Duzce, Turkey  ... 197

Serum IL-1, IL-2, TNFa and INFg Levels of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and their Siblings

G. Özer, Z. Teker, S. Çetiner, M. Yılmaz, A.K. Topaloglu, N. Önenli-Mungan and B. Yüksel, Adana, Turkey ..........  203

Comparison Between Different Methods to Assess the Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Italian Children

G. Valerio, L. Scalfi, C. De Martino, A. Franzese, A. Tenore and F. Contaldo, Naples and Udine, Italy ...  211

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Noonan’s Syndrome and Autoimmune Diseases

J. Svensson, A. Carlsson, U.-B. Ericsson, O. Westphal and S.-A. Ivarsson, Malmö and Göteborg, Sweden .........  217

PATIENT REPORTS

A Novel Mutation of the 5a-Reductase Type 2 Gene in Two Unrelated Egyptian Children with Ambiguous Genitalia

I. Mazen, M. Hafez, M. Mamdouh, C. Sultan and S. Lumbroso, Cairo, Egypt and Montpellier, France...................... 219

Genotype/Phenotype Correlations of Males Affected by Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome with GPC3 Gene Mutations: Patient Report and Review of the Literature

S. Mariani, L. Iughetti, R. Bertorelli, D. Coviello, M. Pellegrini, A. Forabosco and S. Bernasconi, Modena, Milan and Parma, Italy ...  225

Tall Stature as Presenting Symptom in a Girl with Triple X Syndrome

B.U. Liebezeit, T.R. Rohrer, H. Singer and H.G. Doerr, Erlangen, Germany ......  233

FORUM AND CORRESPONDENCE

Premature Thelarche Caused by Plant Growth Factors ........  237

The Effects of Iron Therapy on Thyroid Function Tests in Children with Iron Deficiency Anemia .......  238

BOOK REVIEWS ...  241

CALENDAR  ... 243

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