TABLE OF CONTENTS

INVITED COMMENTARY

Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome: A Novel Pituitary Phenotype Due to Mutation in a Novel Gene

M.T. Dattani, London, UK  ... 1207

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Preventable Factors in Childhood that Lead to Insulin Resistance, Diabetes Mellitus and the Metabolic Syndrome: The EarlyBird Diabetes Study 1

L.D. Voss, J. Kirkby, B.S. Metcalf, A.N. Jeffery, C. O’Riordan, M.J. Murphy and T.J. Wilkin, Plymouth and Dundee, UK ... 1211

Serum Uric Acid Levels in Obese Children and Adolescents: Linkage to Testosterone Levels and Pre-metabolic Syndrome

C. Denzer, R. Muche, H. Mayer, E. Heinze, K.-M. Debatin and M. Wabitsch, Ulm and Murnau, Germany  ... 1225

Birth Characteristics and Growth Pattern in Children with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

S.-A. Ivarsson, K. Jönsson and B. Jonsson, Malmö and Uppsala, Sweden........ 1233

Intellectual Development and Thyroid Function in Children who were Breast-fed by Thyrotoxic Mothers Taking Methimazole

F. Azizi, M. Bahrainian, M.E. Khamseh and M. Khoshniat, Tehran, I.R. Iran .....  1239

Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations in Adolescents with Subclinical Hypothyroidism

M.E. Atabek, O. Pirgon and I. Erkul, Konya, Turkey .....  1245

Pediatric Graves’ Disease: Outcome and Treatment

L. Gruñeiro-Papendieck, A. Chiesa, G. Finkielstain and J.J. Heinrich, Buenos Aires, Argentina ...  1249

Rewarming Index of the Lower Leg Assessed by Infrared Thermography in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

H. Zotter, R. Kerbl, S. Gallistl, H. Nitsche and M. Borkenstein, Graz, Austria .......  1257

IA-2A Positivity Rate at Manifestation of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Slovak Children Culminates in September

D. Michalková, M. Mikulecký and E. Tomečková, Bratislava, Slovak Republic .....  1263

Analysis of Coding and Promoter Sequences of the IGF-I Gene in Children with Growth Disorders Presenting with Normal Level of Growth Hormone

A. Obrępalska-Stęplowska, A. Kędzia, J. Trojan and A. Goździcka-Józefiak, Poznan and Bydgoszcz, Poland and Paris, France ........  1267

Partial Glucocorticoid Resistance in Obese Children Detected by Very Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test

C.A. Longui, M.M.C.G. Giusti, L.E.P. Calliari, T. Katiki, C. Kochi and O. Monte, São Paulo, Brazil  ... 1277

Serum Leptin Levels and their Relationship to Tumor Necrosis Factor-a and Interleukin-6 in Neonatal Sepsis

E. Koç, G. Üstündağ, D. Aliefendioğlu, E. Ergenekon, A. Bideci and Y. Atalay, Ankara, Turkey ........  1283

Serum Levels of Bile Salt-Stimulated Lipase and Breast Feeding

R. Shamir, A. Nganga, D. Berkowitz, E. Diamond, S. Lischinsky, D. Lombardo and N. Shehadeh, Haifa, Israel and Marseille, France ...  1289

PATIENT REPORTS

Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome and Multiple Pituitary Hormone Deficiency

G. Birrell, A. Lampe, S. Richmond, S.N. Bruce, J. Gécz, K. Lower, M. Wright and T.D. Cheetham, Newcastle upon Tyne and
Sunderland, UK and Adelaide, South Australia ....  1295

Pituitary Apoplexy due to Prolactinoma in a Taiwanese Boy: Patient Report and Review of the Literature

M.-H. Yang, H. Chuang, S.-M. Jung, Y.-H. Van and F.-S. Lo, Taoyuan, Taiwan ... 1301

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Induced Prolonged Hypoglycemia in an Infant with MHC Class II Deficiency: Diazoxide as a Treatment Option

E.N. Gonc, T. Turul, N. Yordam and F. Ersoy, Ankara, Turkey ....  1307

Adrenocortical Adenoma Associated with Inadequately Treated Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

S. Kurtoğlu, M.E. Atabek, M. Keskin and T.E. Patıroglu, Kayseri, Turkey ...  1311

BOOK REVIEWS  ... 1315

CALENDAR  ... 1317

INDEX ........  1319

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