JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 18, NUMBER 11, NOVEMBER 2005

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Growth Monitoring and Diagnostic Work-up of Short Stature: An International Inventorization

F.K. Grote, W. Oostdijk, S.M.P.F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, F.W. Dekker, P.H. Verkerk and J.M. Wit, Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands  1031

 

Correlation Between Target Height and Children’s Height in Upper and Lower Socio-economic Classes in India

V.V. Khadilkar, A.V. Khadilkar and G.B. Maskati, Pune, India ..............................................................................................................................  1039

 

Gender Does Not Influence Prepubertal Growth Velocity During Standard Growth Hormone Therapy - Analysis of United States KIGS Data

S.R. Rose, D.I. Shulman, P. Larsson, L.R. Wakley, S. Wills and B. Bakke, Cincinnati, OH and Tampa, FL, USA and Stockholm, Sweden .........  1045

 

Bone Density After Completion of Growth Hormone Treatment for Growth Failure

T. Luetjen and W.V. Moore, Kansas City, MO, USA ..............................................................................................................................................  1053

 

Clinical and Metabolic Characteristics of an Obese, Dominican, Pediatric Population

N. Sherry, A. Hassoun, S.E. Oberfield, A.M. Manibo, D. Chin, S. Balachandar, P. Pierorazio, L.S. Levine and I. Fennoy, New York, NY, USA .  1063

 

The Relationship Between Leptin, Metabolic Hormones, Exercise and Body Composition in Adolescents

D.A. Rubin, R.G. McMurray, A.C. Hackney and J.S. Harrel, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ............................................................................................  1073

 

Preproghrelin Leu72Met Polymorphism in Obese Korean Children

D.-S. Jo, S.-L. Kim, S.-Y. Kim, P.H. Hwang, K.-H. Lee and D.-Y. Lee, Jeonju and  Seoul, Korea ........................................................................  1083

 

High Prevalence of Diabetic Polyneuropathy in a Group of Brazilian Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

B.E.S. Nery Ferreira, I.N. Silva and J.T. de Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil ............................................................................................................  1087

 

Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus: Patient Reports and Review of Current Knowledge and Clinical Practice

G.S. Jeha, M.P. Venkatesh, R.C. Edelen, K.A. Kienstra, L. Karaviti and C.J. Fernandes, Houston, TX, USA .......................................................  1095

 

Persistent Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia of Infancy (PHHI): 15 Years’ Experience at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), Melbourne

D. Ismail and G. Werther, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ..........................................................................................................................................  1103

 

Depression, Levels of Anxiety and Self-Concept in Girls with Turner’s Syndrome

B.G. Kılıç, A.T. Ergür and G. Öcal, Ankara, Turkey ...............................................................................................................................................  1111

 

The CBLB Gene and Graves’ Disease in Children

C.-C. Chen, C.-Y. Huang, F.-Y. Huang, C.-W. Dang, C.-L. Lin, F.-S. Lo, C.-H. Lin, C.-C. Tsang, H.-J. Li, H.-F. Liu, C.-C. Chu, M. Lin and Y.-J. Lee, Chiayi, Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsin-Tsu, Taiwan .......................................................................................................................................................  1119

 

PATIENT REPORT

Prenatal Cushing’s Syndrome Secondary to Nodular Adrenocortical Hyperplasia with Unsuppressed Plasma ACTH Levels

V. Tillmann, M.-L. Mägi and T. Metsvaht, Tartu, Estonia .....................................................................................................................................  1127

 

CALENDAR .............................................................................................................................................................................................................  1133

 

ERRATUM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................  1134