JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 16,  NO. 8 (2003)

 

POINT OF VIEW

Should the Dose of Growth Hormone be Increased During the Growth Spurt of Children with Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency?

M. Papagianni and R. Stanhope, London, UK  ... 1095

 

COMMENTARY

Management of Adrenal Crisis - How Should Glucocorticoids be Administered? (see paper by Ní Chróinín et al. on page 1101)

R. Stanhope, London, UK  ... 1099

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Rectal Hydrocortisone During Vomiting in Children with Adrenal Insufficiency

M. Ní Chróinín, M. Fallon, D. Kenny, S. Moriarty, H. Hoey and C. Costigan, Dublin, Ireland .......  1101

 

Comparison of Low and High Dose of Vitamin D Treatment in Nutritional Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets

Y. Cesur, H. Çaksen, A. Gündem, E. Kırımi and D. Odabaş, Van, Turkey  ... 1105

 

Autoimmune Thyroid Dysfunction in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening Guidelines Based on a Retrospective Analysis

K.Y. Bilimoria, O.H. Pescovitz and L.A. DiMeglio, Indianapolis, IN, USA ............  1111

 

Sexual Dimorphism in the Synchrony of Joint Growth Hormone and Cortisol Dynamics in Children with Classic 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

E. Charmandari, S.M. Pincus, D.R. Matthews, A. Johnston, C.G.D. Brook and P.C. Hindmarsh, London and Oxford, UK and Guilford, CT, USA ............  1119

 

Thyroid Function Tests in Preterm Infants Born to Preeclamptic Mothers with Placental Insufficiency

N. Belet, H. İmdat, F. Yanık and Ş. Küçüködük, Samsun, Turkey ...  1131

 

Growth Hormone Treatment in Aarskog Syndrome: Analysis of the KIGS (Pharmacia International Growth Database) Data

F. Darendeliler, P. Larsson, O. Neyzi, A.D. Price, L. Hagenäs, I. Sipilä, A.C. Lindgren, B. Otten and B. Bakker on behalf of the KIGS International Board, Istanbul, Turkey, Stockholm, Sweden, Manchester, UK, Hus, Finland and Nijmegen, The Netherlands  ... 1137

 

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency in Chilean Patients: Clinical and Molecular Analysis

G. Molina, A. Rodriguez, M. Derpich, C. Missarelli, F. Cassorla, V. Mericq and P. Carvallo, Santiago, Chile .....  1143

 

Y Chromosome Sequences in Turner’s Syndrome: Association with Virilization and Gonadoblastoma

E.E. Mancilla, H. Poggi, G. Repetto, H. Rumié, H. García, F. Ugarte, S. Hidalgo, A. Jara, S. Muzzo, E. Panteón, I. Torrealba, A. Foradori and A. Cattani, Santiago, Chile .....  1157

 

Growth, Growth Velocity and Adult Height in Mexican Girls with Turner’s Syndrome

C. Robles Valdés, V. del Castillo Ruiz, J. Oyoqui, N. Altamirano Bustamante, M. de la Luz Ruiz Reyes and R. Calzada León, México D.F. and Michoacán, México ........  1165

 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Urinary Deoxypyridinoline, Serum Osteocalcin and Bone Mineral Density in Girls with Turner’s Syndrome

B. Wikiera, Z. Iwanicka, E. Barg and E. Serafinowicz, Wroclaw, Poland ...  1175

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Laparoscopically Performed Gastric Banding in a 13 Year-old Girl with Morbid Obesity and End Stage Renal Insufficiency Allows Lifesaving Weight Loss and Hemodialysis

I. Knerr, T. Horbach, C. Plank, R. Carbon, K.-D. Nüsken, W. Rascher and J. Dötsch, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany ....  1179

 

A Novel Mutation of the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene (GHR) in a Chinese Girl with Laron Syndrome

X. Chen, F. Song, Y. Dai, X. Bao and Y. Jin, Beijing, China .........  1183

 

Reversible Cardiomyopathy in Paediatric Addison’s Disease - A Cautionary Tale

L.S. Conwell, L.M. Gray, R.G. Delbridge, M.J. Thomsett and J.A. Batch, Brisbane and Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia ....  1191

 

Steroid 5a-Reductase 2 Deficiency in Two Generations of a Non-consanguineous Chinese Family

C.-Y. Lee, C.-W. Lam and C.-C. Shek, Hong Kong, China .........  1197

 

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 1203

CALENDAR  ... 1205

 

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