JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2006

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Letter from the Editor ........... 1

 

CLINICAL CONTROVERSY

Cord Blood Leptin and IGF-I in Relation to Birth Weight Differences and Head Circumference in Monozygotic Twins

B.C. Gohlke, A. Huber, P. Bartmann, R. Fimmers, K. Hecher, S.G. Bouret and C.L. Roth, Bonn and Hamburg, Germany and Beaverton, OR, USA ............... 3

 

COMMENTARY

Quality of Life and Psychological Outcome in Patients Treated for Craniopharyngioma (see paper by Pedreira et al. on page 15)

M. Toumba and R. Stanhope, London, UK ..................... 11

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Health Related Quality of Life and Psychological Outcome in Patients Treated for Craniopharyngioma in Childhood

C.C. Pedreira, R. Stargatt, H. Maroulis, J. Rosenfeld, W. Maixner, G.L. Warne and M.R. Zacharin, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ............. 15

 

Use of the Recombinant Human TSH Stimulated Thyroglobulin Level and Diagnostic Whole Body Scan in Children with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

F.M. Hoe, Martin Charron and Thomas Moshang, Jr., Philadelphia, PA, USA and Toronto, Ontario, Canada ................. 25

 

Congenital Hypothyroidism and the Second Newborn Metabolic Screening in Colorado, USA

A.K. Maniatis, L. Taylor, G.W. Letson, C.A. Bloch, M.S. Kappy and P. Zeitler, Denver and Englewood, CO, USA ................. 31

 

Incidence of Iodine Deficiency in Patients Presenting with Goitre - Discrepancy Between Clinical and Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Thyroid: Comparison of Patients With and Without Autoimmune Thyroiditis - Clinical, Hormonal and Urinary Iodine Excretion Studies

O. Evliyaoğlu, M. Berberoğlu, P. Adıyaman, Z. Aycan, A. Ergur, Z. Şıklar, G. Öcal and S. Fitoz, Ankara, Turkey .................. 39

 

Early Diabetic Complications in a Population of Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Despite Intensive Treatment

M. Nordwall, L. Hyllienmark and J. Ludvigsson, Linköping and Stockholm, Sweden ................ 45

 

A Workshop on Pubertal Hormone Replacement Options in the United States

S. Drobac, K. Rubin, A.D. Rogol and R.L. Rosenfield, Chicago, IL, Farmington, CT and Charlottesville, VA, USA ............... 55

 

A Daily Comprehensive Muscle Training Programme Increases Lean Mass and Spontaneous Activity in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome after 6 Months

M. Schlumpf, U. Eiholzer, M. Gygax, S. Schmid, I. van der Sluis and D. l’Allemand, Zürich, Switzerland and Rotterdam, The Netherlands .......... 65

 

Pamidronate Treatment of Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia: Failure to Prevent Expansion of Dysplastic Lesions During Childhood

B. Chan and M. Zacharin, Parkville, Victoria, Australia ................ 75

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Tamoxifen Improved Final Height Prediction in a Girl with McCune-Albright Syndrome: Patient Report and Literature Review

P. Sawathiparnich, P. Osuwanaratana, J. Santiprabhob and S. Likitmaskul, Bangkok, Thailand ................. 81

 

A Novel Mutation in the GATA3 Gene in a Family with HDR Syndrome (Hypoparathyroidism, Sensorineural Deafness and Renal Anomaly Syndrome)

M. Adachi, K. Tachibana, Y. Asakura and T. Tsuchiya, Yokohama, Japan ............... 87

 

A Novel Homozygous Deletion in the Calcium-Sensing Receptor Ligand-Binding Domain Associated with Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism

B.K. Ward, F.J. Cameron, A.L. Magno, C.M. McDonnell, B.G.A. Stuckey and T. Ratajczak, Nedlands, Western Australia and Parkville, Victoria, Australia ................ 93

 

CALENDAR ........... 101

 

ERRATUM ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 102