JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 11, NOVEMBER 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

It is (Sort of) a Boy and (Sort of) a Girl. You Have (Sort of) a Say and You (Sort of) Don’t? The Uneasiness of Genital Restoration Surgery

S. Rivkees, USA .................. 1285

REVIEW

Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism

A. Büyükgebiz, Istanbul, Turkey .......................... 1291

COMMENTARY

The Adrenal Life Cycle: The Fetal and Adult Cortex and the Remaining Questions (see paper by Heckmann et al. on p. 1303)

D.P. Merke and C.A. Stratakis, Bethesda, MD, USA ...................... 1299

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Persistent High Activity of the Fetal Adrenal Cortex in Preterm Infants: Is there a Clinical Significance?

M. Heckmann, M.F. Hartmann, B. Kampschulte, H. Gack, R.-H. Bödeker, L. Gortner and S.A. Wudy, Giessen, and Homburg/Saar, Germany .............. 1303

Growth Hormone–IGF-I Axis and Growth Velocity in Chinese Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

G. Li, G. Mick, X. Wang, J. Xue and K. McCormick, Shandong, China and Birmingham, AL, USA .................. 1313

Evaluation of Glucose Intolerance in Adolescents Relative to Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

K. Babaoğlu, Ş. Hatun, İ. Arslanoğlu, P. İşgüven, F. Baş, O. Ercan, F. Darendeliler, R. Bundak, N. Saka, H. Günöz, A. Bereket, N. Memioğlu and O. Neyzi; Marmara Group of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Kocaeli and Istanbul, Turkey .................. 1319

Weight Evolution in Girls Treated for Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty with GnRH Analogues

A.L. Aguiar, A.C. Couto-Silva, E.J. Vicente, I.C. Freitas, T. Cruz and L. Adan, Bahia, Brazil .................... 1327

Chelation Therapy and Bone Metabolism Markers in Thalassemia Major

L. Pratelli, E. Verri, M. Fortini, S. Marconi, C. Zolezzi, P.M. Fornasari, M.R. Gamberini and V. De Sanctis, Bologna, Ferrara and Parma, Italy .................... 1335

Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy (APECED) in the Irish Population

M. Dominguez, E. Crushell, T. Ilmarinen, E. McGovern, S. Collins, B. Chang, P. Fleming, A.D. Irvine, D. Brosnahan, I. Ulmanen, N. Murphy and C. Costigan, Dublin, Ireland and Helsinki, Finland ................... 1343

PATIENT REPORTS

Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus in an Infant with Paternal Uniparental Disomy of Chromosome 6 Including Heterodisomy for 6q24

T. Milenkovic, J. Martic, D.O. Robinson, D.J.G. Mackay, K. Petrovic and D. Zdravkovic, Belgrade, Serbia and Salisbury and
Southampton, UK ..................... 1353

Infantile Presentation of MODY 3 Diabetes

Y. Homan, E. Schober and B. Rami, Vienna, Austria ..................... 1359

Neuroendocrine Abnormalities in a Neonate with Congenital Toxoplasmosis

T. Siahanidou, D. Tsoumas, C. Kanaka-Gantenbein and H. Mandyla, Athens, Greece ...................... 1363

Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome as a Cause of Poor Growth during Adolescence

A.F. Fleisch, C. Ning and J.A. Yanovski, Bethesda, MD, USA ....................... 1367

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Klinefelter Syndrome Presenting with Precocious Puberty Due to a Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)-producing Mediastinal Germinoma

S.A. Bowden and J.A. Germak, USA ...................... 1371

CALENDAR .................. 1373