Proceedings of the 16^th Annual National Cooperative Growth Study (NCGS) and the 3^rd Annual National Cooperative Somatropin Surveillance (NCSS) Investigator Meeting

Guest editors: D.T. Wyatt and R.A. Levy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction  ... 585

Three-Peptide Control of Pulsatile and Entropic Feedback-sensitive Modes of Growth Hormone Secretion: Modulation by Estrogen and Aromatizable Androgen

J.D. Veldhuis and C.Y. Bowers, USA ......................  587

Near Adult Heights after Growth Hormone Treatment in Patients with Idiopathic Short Stature or Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency

J.P. Frindik, S.F. Kemp and J.J. Hunold, USA  ... 607

An Auxology-based Growth Hormone Program: Update on the Australian Experience

G.A. Werther, M. Wang and C.T. Cowell, Australia ......................  613

Diagnostic Growth Hormone Deficiency Testing Practices Among Patients in the NCGS/NCSS Databases

R.A. Levy and K. Connelly, USA ...  619

Individualized Growth Hormone Therapy in Children: Advances Beyond Weight-based Dosing

K.-W. Lee and P. Cohen, USA  ... 625

Confirming the Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) and Transitioning the Care of Patients with Childhood-onset GHD

R.L. Hintz, USA ...  631

A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis of Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency in Patients Transitioning to Adulthood Using GH Stimulation Testing

D.M. Styne, USA  ... 637

Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care for Growth Hormone Deficiency

R.G. Rosenfeld, USA .............  645

Transitioning the Patient with Turner’s Syndrome from Pediatric to Adult Care

K. Rubin, USA ...  651

Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism: Application to Understanding Bone Remodeling in Children and Adolescents

M.A. Levine, USA .............  661

Adolescent Girls, the Menstrual Cycle, and Bone Health

P.J. Adams Hillard and L.M. Nelson, USA  ... 673

Juvenile Osteoporosis: Recognizing the Risk

L.L. Key Jr., W. Ries, P. Madyastha and F. Reed, USA  ... 683

Selected Therapy-related Clinical Research Topics in Osteoporosis

S.T. Bigos, USA .  ... 687

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