JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 2004

REVIEWS

Gender Role Across Development in Adult Women with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

D.N. Long, A.B. Wisniewski and C.J. Migeon, Baltimore, MD, USA ...............1367

Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia in Infancy and Childhood - Resolving the Enigma

K. Hussain and A. Aynsley-Green, London, UK ............1375

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Adopted Girls with Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty: Observations About Character

A. Officioso, P. Ferri, V. Esposito, S. Muzzica, D. Capalbo and M. Salerno, Naples, Italy ...........1385

Serum Leptin Levels in Premature Pubarche and Prepubertal Girls With and Without Obesity

R.J. Teixeira, D. Ginzbarg, J. Rodrigues Freitas, G. Fucks, C.M. Silva and M.A.N. Bordallo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ............1393

Hyperprolactinemia in Children During the Peripubertal Period - Personal Observations

A. Noczyńska and R. Wąsikowa, Wrocław, Poland .............1399

Cardiac Mass and Function, Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness, Homocysteine and Lipoprotein Levels in Children and Adolescents with Growth Hormone Deficiency

J. Szczepańska Kostro, J. Tołwińska, M. Urban, M. Gardziejczyk and B. Głowińska, Białystok, Poland .............1405

Low Bone Mass in Prepubertal Children with Thalassemia Major: Insights into the Pathogenesis of Low Bone Mass in Thalassemia

M.G. Vogiatzi, K.A. Autio, R. Schneider and P.J. Giardina, New York, NY, USA ...............1415

Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Young Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

E.-G. Yoo, I.K. Choi and D.H. Kim, Sungnam and Seoul, Korea ................1423

Efficacy and Safety of Valtropin™ in the Treatment of Short Stature in Girls with Turner’s Syndrome

V. Peterkova, C. Savoy, O. Bezlepkina, A. Ivanov, E. Orlova, E. Nagaeva, J. Kim, Y.P. Lee, P.H. Saenger and R. Stanhope, Moscow, Russia, Baar, Switzerland, Seoul, Korea, Bronx, NY, USA and London, UK ................1429

Thyroid Hormone Levels and their Relationship to Survival in Children with Bacterial Sepsis and Septic Shock

D. Yıldızdaş, N. Önenli-Mungan, H. Yapıcıoğlu, A.K. Topaloğlu, Y. Sertdemir and B. Yüksel, Adana, Turkey ................1435

SHORT COMMUNICATION

The Relationship Between Iron Status and Thyroid Hormones in Adolescents Living in an Iodine Deficient Area

Ö. Yavuz, T. Yavuz, C. Kahraman, N. Yeşildal and R. Bundak, Düzce and Istanbul, Turkey ................1443

PATIENT REPORTS

Galactocele in a Male Infant with Congenital Hypopituitarism

N. Rahman, M. Davenport and C. Buchanan, London, UK ...............1451

Infantile Osteopetrosis in Four Thai Infants

K. Unachak, P. Visrutaratna, P. Dejkamron, P. Amornprasertsuk and S. Opastirakul, Chiang Mai and Nakornsawan, Thailand ...........1455

Wolfram (DIDMOAD) Syndrome: Report of Two Patients

C.-H. Lin, Y.-J. Lee, C.-Y. Huang, J.-W. Shieh, H.-C. Lin, A.-M. Wang and B.-F. Shih, Taipei, Taiwan ............1461

Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Presenting with a Rare Complication: West Syndrome

M.O. Çamurdan, P. Cinaz, A. Serdaroğlu, A. Bideci and F. Demirel, Ankara, Turkey ..............1465

CALENDAR ...............1469

Indexed or abstracted by: BIOSIS, CABS, Current Contents/Life Sciences, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus, Research Alert and Science Citation Index

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