JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 18, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLINICAL CONTROVERSY

Leptin Levels in Boys with Pubertal Gynecomastia

B. Dundar, N. Dundar, T. Erci, E. Bober and A. Büyükgebiz, Isparta and Izmir, Turkey ........................................................................................  929

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Endocrine Disorders Associated with Holoprosencephaly

J.S. Hahn, S.M. Hahn, H. Kammann, A.J. Barkovich, N.J. Clegg, M.R. Delgado and E. Levey, Stanford, CA, Baltimore, MD and Dallas, TX, USA  935

 

Are Factors at Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Childhood Associated with Persistence of Growth Hormone Deficiency into Adult Life?

I. Banerjee, A. Tudorancea, M.F. Scanlon and J.W. Gregory, Cardiff, Wales, UK ....................................................................................................  943

 

Response to Growth Hormone with Respect to Pubertal Status on Increased Dose in Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency: An Analysis of Turkish Children in the KIGS Database (Pfizer International Growth Study)

F. Darendeliler, M. Berberoğlu, G. Öcal, P. Adıyaman, R. Bundak, H. Günöz, F. Baş, Ş. Darcan, D. Gökşen, İ. Arslanoğlu, M. Yıldız, O. Ercan, G. Ercan, E. Özerkan, Ş. Can, E. Böber, E. Adal, S. Sarıkaya, Y. Dallar, Z. Şıklar, İ. Bircan, A. Bideci, B. Yüksel and A. Büyükgebiz, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya and Adana, Turkey .....................................................................................................................................................................................................  949

 

Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Receptor (GHRH-R) Gene Mutation in Indian Children with Familial Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency: A Study from Western India

M.P. Desai, P.S. Upadhye, T. Kamijo, M. Yamamoto, M. Ogawa, Y. Hayashi, H. Seo and S.R. Nair, Mumbai, India and Nagoya, Japan ..........  955

 

Body Composition, Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate and Leptin Concentrations in Girls Approaching Menarche

A. Błogowska, I. Rzepka-Górska and B. Krzyżanowska-Świniarska, Szczecin, Poland ..........................................................................................  975

 

Valproate-induced Insulin Resistance in Prepubertal Girls with Epilepsy

H. Tan, Z. Orbak, M. Kantarci, N. Koçak and L. Karaca, Erzurum, Turkey ............................................................................................................  985

 

Novel Deletion Mutations of the DAX1 (NR0B1) Gene in Two Taiwanese Families with X-Linked Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita

W.-Y. Tsai and Y.-C. Tung, Taipei, Taiwan ...............................................................................................................................................................  991

 

Comparison of Clinical, Radiological and Molecular Findings in Korean Infants and Children with Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia

Y.-L. Shin, J.-H. Choi, G.-H. Kim and H.-W. Yoo, Seoul, Korea ..............................................................................................................................  999

 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Serum Zinc, Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Levels in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

A. Bideci, M.O. Çamurdan, P. Cinaz, H. Dursun and F. Demirel, Ankara, Turkey ................................................................................................  1007

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Primary Ovarian Failure and Deletions of the Long Arm of Chromosome 3

T. Nguyen, C.M. McDonnell and M.R. Zacharin, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia ...............................................................................................  1013

 

Hypertrichosis Cubiti (Hairy Elbow Syndrome): A Clue to a Malformation Syndrome

A. Polizzi, P. Pavone, E. Ciancio, C. La Rosa, G. Sorge and M. Ruggieri, Catania, Italy ........................................................................................  1019

 

Central Precocious Puberty with an Incidental Suprasellar Lipoma

S. Alyaarubi and C. Rodd, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ............................................................................................................................................  1027

 

CALENDAR .............................................................................................................................................................................................................  1029