JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

This is Not Your Mentors’ NIH - New Strategies for Research Support

S.A. Rivkees, USA ............. 1187

COMMENTARY

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Poverty (see paper by Armstrong et al. on p. 1207)

M. New, USA .................. 1191

REVIEW

Thyroid-associated Ophthalmopathy in Juvenile Graves’ Disease - Clinical, Endocrine and Therapeutic Aspects

G.E. Krassas and A. Gogakos, Thessaloniki, Greece .................... 1193

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Living with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Vietnam: A Survey of Parents

K.L. Armstrong, C. Henderson, N.T. Hoan and G.L. Warne, Eastwood, NSW, Shepparton and Parkville, Vic, Australia and Hanoi, Vietnam .... 1207

Osteopenic Effects of MgSO₄ in Multiple Pregnancies

W. Kaplan, M.W. Haymond, S. McKay and L.P. Karaviti, Houston, TX, USA .................. 1225

Pre-operative Differentiation of Pediatric Ovarian Tumors: Morphological Scoring System and Tumor Markers

Z.B. Stankovic, M.K. Djukic, D. Savic, B.J. Lukac, S. Djuricic, K. Sedlecki and D. Zdravkovic, Belgrade, Serbia ................. 1231

A Signaling Role for Leptin in Puberty Onset in Female Rats?

S. Zeinoaldini, J.J.M Swarts and B.J.M. Van de Heijning, Wageningen, The Netherlands .................... 1239

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Hypercalcemia in a Newly Arrived International Adoptee

W. Chan, S. Sheehan, L.C. Miller and A. Sadeghi-Nejad, Boston and Newburyport, MA, USA ................. 1249

PATIENT REPORTS

Prolongation of Growth by Treatment of 11-Hydroxylase Deficiency with Depot-Leuprolide, Growth Hormone, and Hydrocortisone

L.J. Chalmers, L. Casas, M.I. New and P.R. Blackett, Oklahoma City, OK and New York, NY, USA .................. 1251

Some Effect of Metformin on Insulin Resistance in an Infant with Leprechaunism

M.E. Atabek and O. Pirgon, Konya, Turkey ..................... 1257

Cushing’s Disease in a 5-Month Infant due to a Basophilic Microadenoma of the Pituitary Gland

E.C.C. Castro, M.L.F. Ferraz, R.R.M. Corrêa, M.A. Reis and V.P.A. Texeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil .................. 1263

Donor Splice Mutation in the 11b-Hydroxylase (CYP11B1) Gene Resulting in Sex Reversal: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

A. Bhangoo, R. Wilson, M.I. New and S. Ten, Brooklyn and New York, NY, USA ...................... 1267

CALENDAR ....................... 1283