Chronic Diseases, Growth and Puberty

Guest editors: S. Bertelloni, R. Rusconi, and F. De Luca

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword .....  245

Chronic Conditions and Adolescence

J.-C. Surís, Spain ...  247

Thyroid Function and Puberty

G. Weber, M.C. Vigone, L. Stroppa and G. Chiumello, Italy ..............  253

Growth and Puberty in Thalassemia Major

G. Raiola, M.C. Galati, V. De Sanctis, M. Caruso Nicoletti, C. Pintor, M. De Simone, V.M. Arcuri and S. Anastasi, Italy  ..............259

Pubertal Development in Cystic Fibrosis: An Overview

T. Arrigo, I. Rulli, C. Sferlazzas and F. De Luca, Italy  ..............267

Pubertal Growth and Final Height in Children with Chronic Renal Failure on Conservative Treatment

R. Rusconi, A. Appiani, V. Daccò, G. Ardissino, S. Testa and V. Carnelli, Italy  .........271

Final Height in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency: The Italian Experience

V.L. Brunelli, G. Russo, S. Bertelloni, L. Gargantini, R. Balducci, L. Chiesa, C. Livieri, C. De Sanctis, S. Einaudi, R. Virdis, G. Saggese and G. Chiumello, Italy ....  277

Age at Menarche in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

R. Rusconi, F. Corona, A. Grassi and V. Carnelli, Italy ..............  285

Growth and Pubertal Disorders in Neurofibromatosis Type 1

R. Virdis, M.E. Street, M.A. Bandello, C. Tripodi, A. Donadio, A.R. Villani, L. Cagozzi, L. Garavelli and S. Bernasconi, Italy ...........  289

Pubertal Development in Patients with McCune-Albright Syndrome or Pseudohypoparathyroidism

C. de Sanctis, R. Lala, P. Matarazzo, M. Andreo and L. de Sanctis, Italy ....  293

Puberty in Disorders of Somatosexual Differentiation

O. Hiort, S. Reinecke, U. Thyen, M. Jürgensen, P.-M. Holterhus, D. Schön and H. Richter-Appelt, Germany ......  297

Growth and Puberty in Turner’s Syndrome

S. Bertelloni, G.I. Baroncelli, F. Fruzzetti, C. Spinelli, P. Simi and G. Saggese, Italy ...  307

Growth and Pubertal Growth Spurt in Dysmorphic Syndromes

M. Cappa, C. Bizzarri, D. Colabianchi, G. Ubertini, M.C. Digilio and P. Cambiaso, Italy ....  317

Gonadal Function and Pubertal Development after Treatment of a Childhood Malignancy

A. Cicognani, A. Pasini, A. Pession, P. Pirazzoli, R. Burnelli, E. Barbieri, L. Mazzanti and E. Cacciari, Italy  321

Acquisition of Bone Mass in Normal Individuals and in Patients with

Growth Hormone Deficiency

G.I. Baroncelli, S. Bertelloni, F. Sodini and G. Saggese, Italy ..............  327 

Effects of Thalassemia Major on Bone Mineral Density in Late Adolescence

V. Benigno, S. Bertelloni, G.I. Baroncelli, L. Bertacca, S. Di Peri, L. Cuccia, Z. Borsellino and M.C. Maggio, Italy ......................  337

Bone Mineral Density in Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer

P. Arikoski, R. Voutilainen and H. Kröger, Finland ....  343

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