JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 16,  NO. 4 (2003)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEWS

Congenital Malformations and Developmental Changes of the Breast: A Neonatological View

P. Merlob, Tel Aviv, Israel ..  471

 

Pediatric Endocrine Diseases in Pre-Hispanic Aztecs

R. Calzada León, Mexico ..........  487

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Clustering of Cases of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Occurring 2-4 Years After Vaccination is Consistent with Clustering After Infections and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Autoantibody Positive Individuals

J.B. Classen and D.C. Classen, Baltimore, MD and Salt Lake City, UT, USA ..............  495

 

Effects of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Deficiency and Replacement Therapy on the Hematopoietic System in Patients with Laron Syndrome (Primary Growth Hormone Insensitivity)

B. Sivan, P. Lilos and Z. Laron, Tel Aviv, Israel ..  509

 

Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Storage in the Thyroid Gland of Human Neonates

S. Savin, D. Cvejić, O. Nedić and R. Radosavljević, Belgrade, Yugoslavia ...  521

 

Bisphosphonates, a New Treatment for Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis in Children

A. Noguera, J.B. Ros, C. Pavía, E. Alcover, C. Valls, M. Villaronga and E. González, Barcelona, Spain ..  529

 

Measured Length of Normal Term Infants Changes Over the First Two Days of Life

E.S. Shinwell and M. Shlomo, Rehovot and Jerusalem, Israel ...  537

 

Validity of the Use of a Few Hand-Wrist Bones for Assessing Bone Age

L. Guimarey, A. Moreno Morcillo, V. Orazi and S.H.V. Lemos-Marini, La Plata and Vicente Lopez, Argentina and Campinas, Brazil ...........  541

 

Dissatisfaction with Height and Weight, and Attempts at Height Gain and Weight Control in Korean School-Children

M.J. Park, Y.J. Kang and D.H. Kim, Seoul, Korea  ... 545

 

Insulin Resistance and Hyperinsulinemia in Prepubertal Obese Children

A. Galli-Tsinopoulou, M. Karamouzis and S. Nousia-Arvanitakis, Thessaloniki, Greece ..........  555

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Testicular Descent Related to Growth Hormone Treatment

A. Papadimitriou, I. Fountzoula, D. Grigoriadou, S. Christianakis and G. Tzortzatou, Athens, Greece  ... 561

 

Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Long-term Endocrine Evaluation and Gene Analysis

T.W. AvRuskin, S.F. Witchel, D.R. Taha and C.S. Juan, Brooklyn, NY and Pittsburgh, PA, USA ..............  565

 

Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor Causing Precocious Pseudopuberty in a 6 Year-old Girl

P. Isguven, A. Yoruk, E. Adal, I. Arslanoglu, S. Ilvan and M. Yildi, Istanbul, Turkey ...  571

 

True Hermaphroditism in an XY Individual due to a Familial Point Mutation of the SRY Gene

E.M. Maier, C. Leitner, U. Löhrs and U. Kuhnle, Munich and Frankfurt, Germany ......  575

 

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 581

CALENDAR  ... 583

 

 

 

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