JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 17,  NO. 9 (2004)

Table of Contents

 REVIEWS

 

Male-Male Homosexology: Seven Short Discourses

J. Money, Baltimore, MD, USA ............  1147

 

A Comprehensive Team Approach to the Management of Patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome

U. Eiholzer and B.Y. Whitman, Zurich, Switzerland and St. Louis, MO, USA ...........  1153

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Plasma Peptide YY and Ghrelin Levels in Infants and Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome

M.G. Butler, D.C. Bittel and Z. Talebizadeh, Kansas City, MO, USA ............  1177

 

Glycemic Control with Metformin or Insulin Therapy in Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

P.M. Kadmon and P.A. Gruppuso, Providence, RI, USA ............  1185

 

Treatment to Near Adult Stature of Patients with Myelomeningocele with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone

D. Rotenstein and A.N. Bass, Pittsburgh, PA and Skokie, IL, USA ...  1195

 

A High Prevalence of Consanguineous and Severe Congenital Hypothyroidism in an Iranian Population

A. Ordookhani, P. Mirmiran, M. Moharamzadeh, M. Hedayati and F. Azizi, Tehran, Iran ....................1201

 

Reversible Mitral Valve Prolapse and Mitral Regurgitation in Children with Graves’ Disease

Y.-P. Liu, W.-Y. Tsai, J.-K. Wang and M.-H. Wu, Taipei, Taiwan .....  1211

 

 Lack of Association of Birth Size with Polymorphisms of Two Imprinted Genes, IGF2R and GRB10

A. Kukuvitis, I. Georgiou, M. Syrrou, S. Andronikou, Z. Dickerman, A. Islam, J. McCann and C. Polychronakos, Montréal, Canada and Ioannina, Greece ........  1215

 

Analysis of Growth During Prepubertal Years in Long-term Survivors After Pediatric Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

J. López-Espinosa, D. Yeste, J. Iglesias, J. Ortega, C. Margarit, M. Gussinyé and A. Carrascosa, Barcelona, Spain ...  1221

 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

 

Early Adrenarche in Normal Prepubertal Girls: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

R. Azziz, L.A. Farah, C. Moran, E.S. Knochenhauer, H.D. Potter and L.R. Boots, Birmingham, AL, USA and Mexico City, Mexico  ......1231

 

PATIENT REPORTS

 

Adrenal and Ovarian Hormonogenesis in a Teenage Girl with Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia (CLAH)

N.M. Shorrock and M.S. Kappy, Denver, CO, USA  1239

 

Turner’s Syndrome and Benign Intracranial Hypertension With or Without Growth Hormone Treatment

P. Bala, J. McKiernan, C. Gardiner, G. O’Connor and A. Murray, Cork, Republic of Ireland  ........1243

 

Transient Reduction in the Posterior Pituitary Bright Signal Preceding Water Intoxication in a Malnourished Child

K.A. Neville, J.K. Pereira, P.I. Andrews and J.L. Walker, Sydney, Australia ....  1245

 

Idiopathic Hypercalcemia and Eosinophilic Fasciitis: A Novel Association

M.M. Rutter, S. Prahalad, M. Passo and P.F. Backeljauw, Cincinnati, OH and Salt Lake City, UT, USA ............  1251

 

CALENDAR  ...  1255

 

 

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