JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2005

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Letter from the Editors ......... 1

 

REVIEW

Practical Management of the Intersex Infant

J. Brown and G. Warne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ............ 3

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A Nationwide Study of Granulosa Cell Tumors in Pre- and Postpubertal Girls: Missed Diagnosis of Endocrine Manifestations Worsens Prognosis

N. Kalfa, C. Patte, D. Orbach, C. Lecointre, C. Pienkowski, F. Philippe, E. Thibault, D. Plantaz, R. Brauner, H. Rubie, A.M. Guedj, A. Ecochard, F. Paris, C. Jeandel, P. Baldet and C. Sultan, Montpellier, Villejuif, Paris, Rouen, Toulouse, Grenoble and Nîmes, France ........... 25

 

Paediatric Management of Endocrine Complications in McCune-Albright Syndrome

M. Zacharin, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ........... 33

 

A Comparison of Oral and Intravenous Bisphosphonate Therapy for Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

L.A. DiMeglio, L. Ford, C. McClintock and M. Peacock, Indianapolis, IN, USA .......... 43

 

Evaluation of the Activity of Tartrate-resistant Acid Phosphatase Isoform 5b in Normal Chinese Children - A Novel Marker for Bone Growth

C.-J. Chen, T.-Y. Chao, A.J. Janckila, S.-N. Cheng, C.-H. Ku and D.-M. Chu, Taipei, Taiwan and Louisville, KY, USA ........... 55

 

The Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Children Born Small for Gestational Age and Treated with Recombinant Growth Hormone

E. Bozzola, S. Lauriola, M.F. Messina, G. Bona, M.Wasniewska, M. Bozzola and L. Tatò, Pavia, Verona, Messina and Novara, Italy ......... 63

 

Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Growth Hormone Secretion, IGF-I, IGFBP-3, Somatomedin Generation, Alkaline Phosphatase, Osteocalcin and Growth in Prepubertal Children with Idiopathic Short Stature

S. İmamoğlu, A. Bereket, S. Turan, Y. Taga and G. Haklar, Istanbul, Turkey ......... 69

 

Serum Levels of Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Receptor 2 are Linked to Insulin Resistance and Glucose Intolerance in Children

A. Gupta, S. Ten and H. Anhalt, Brooklyn, NY, USA .......... 75

 

Fear and Other Disturbances of Severe Hypoglycaemia in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

S. Nordfeldt and J. Ludvigsson, Linköping, Sweden ............ 83

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Hypophosphatemic Rickets Associated with Epidermal Nevus Syndrome and Giant Hairy Nevus

Y.-Y. Chou, S.-C. Chao, C.-N. Shiue, W.-H. Tsai and S.-J. Lin, Tainan and Chia-yi, Taiwan ......... 93

 

Adrenocorticotropin Hypersecretion and Pituitary Microadenoma Following Bilateral Adrenalectomy in a Patient with Classic 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

E. Charmandari, G.P. Chrousos and D.P. Merke, Bethesda, MD, USA ......... 97

 

Extreme Hypervascularity and Bruit in a Treated Hypothyroid Goitre

S.D. Shenoy, S. Mathur, P.G.F. Swift, C.H. Kendall and N.F.M. London, Leicester, UK  .......... 103

 

CALENDAR ............ 109