TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Editor ..........  691

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Tumor Size and Extent of Disease at Diagnosis Predict the Response to Initial Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents

P.A. Powers, C.A. Dinauer, R.M. Tuttle, D.K. Robie, D.R. McClellan and G.L. Francis, Washington, DC, New York, NY
and Bethesda, MD, USA ..............  693

Craniopharyngioma: Presentation and Endocrine Sequelae in 36 Children

L. de Vries, L. Lazar and M. Phillip, Tel Aviv, Israel ............  703

Daily Methylphenidate Use Slows the Growth of Children: A Community Based Study

M.C. Lisska and S.A. Rivkees, New Haven, CT, USA ..  711

Frequencies of the D⁸⁵ and Y⁸⁵ Variants of UGT2B15 in Children and Adolescent Girls with Hyperandrogenism

M. Tomboc and S.F. Witchel, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ..............  719

Serum Leptin Levels in Neonatal Bacterial Septicemia

Z. Orbak, V. Ertekin, F. Akçay, B. Ozkan and R. Ors, Erzurum, Turkey ..........  727

Serum Leptin Levels in Twins and Singleton Newborns

E.E. Önal, F.K. Uysal, P. Cinaz, A. Bideci and U. Dilmen, Gazi and Fatih, Turkey  ... 733

Effects of 16 Weeks of Training Prior to a Major Competition on Hormonal and Biochemical Parameters in Young Elite Gymnasts

E. Filaire, P. Jouanel, M. Colombier, R.J. Bégue and G. Lac, Villeurbanne Aubière and Clermont-Ferrand, France ..........  741

Higher Frequency of Paronychia (Nail Bed Infections) in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus than in Non-diabetic Peers

T.M. Kapellen, A. Galler and W. Kiess, Giessen, Germany ......  751

Host and Environmental Factors Defining the Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a Group of Lebanese Children and Young Adults

P.A. Zalloua, H. Terwedow, H. Shbaklo, G. Halaby, X. Xu and S.T. Azar, Boston, MA, USA and Beirut, Lebanon ...  759

Short-term Gluten Challenge in Children with Coeliac Disease Does Not Impair Spontaneous Growth Hormone Secretion

U.H.G. Jansson, B. Kristiansson, K. Albertsson-Wikland and R. Bjarnason, Göteborg and Jönköping, Sweden ......................  771

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Differences Between Males and Females in the Seasonality of Birth and Month of Clinical Onset of Disease in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Ireland

E.F. Roche, H. Lewy, H.M.C.V. Hoey and Z. Laron, Dublin, Ireland and Tel Aviv, Israel ....  779

PATIENT REPORTS

Unusual Presentation of Addison’s Disease in Schmidt’s Syndrome

A. Gaiero, R. Mulas, S. Zecca, G. Fichera and A. Cohen, Savona, Italy ..............  783

Molar Pregnancy and Hyperthyroidism in a 13 Year-old Girl

O. Panamonta, S. Luanratanakorn and L. Thampratankul, Khon Kaen, Thailand .......  787

Congenital HIV Infection and Precocious Puberty

J.M. Horner and N.A. Bhumbra, Toledo, OH, USA  ... 791

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Situs Inversus, Hypertrichosis and Brachydactyly

S. Kurtoglu and M.E. Atabek, Kayseri, Turkey ...  795

FORUM AND CORRESPONDENCE

Persistence of Müllerian Remnants in Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome ...  799

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 801

CALENDAR ...  803

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