JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2, FEBRUARY 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTERSEX PAPERS

The Diagnosis and Care of Transsexual Children and Adolescents: A Pediatric Endocrinologists’ Perspective

C.P. Houk and P.A. Lee, Hershey, PA, USA ........... 103

Surgical, Medical and Psychological Dilemmas of Sex Reassignment: Report of a 46,XY Patient Assigned Female at Birth

P.A. Lee and C.P. Houk, Hershey, PA, USA .............. 111

Lack of Differences between Males With or Without Perceived Same Sex Attraction

P.A. Lee and C.P. Houk, Hershey, PA, USA ............... 115

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Weight Gain in Craniopharyngioma - A Model for Hypothalamic Obesity

A. Ahmet, S. Blaser, D. Stephens, S. Guger, J.T. Rutka and J. Hamilton, Toronto, Canada .................. 121

Dexamphetamine Use for Management of Obesity and Hypersomnolence Following Hypothalamic Injury

D. Ismail, M.A. O’Connell and M.R. Zacharin, Melbourne, Australia ............... 129

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in African-American Adolescents: Impaired Beta-Cell Function in the Face of Severe Insulin Resistance

D. Taha, V. Umpaichitra, M.A. Banerji and S. Castells, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Brooklyn, NY, USA ............... 135

Molecular Genetic Analysis of MODY Candidate Genes in Japanese Patients with Non-Obese Juvenile Onset Diabetes Mellitus

M. Kagami-Takasugi, N. Katsumata, T. Tanaka, T. Tajima and K. Fujieda, Tokyo, Sapporo and Asahikawa, Japan .............. 143

Prevalence of Autoantibodies Associated with Thyroid and Celiac Disease in Ullrich-Turner Syndrome in Relation to Adult Height After Growth Hormone Treatment

M. Bettendorf, H.G. Doerr, B.P. Hauffa, A. Lindberg, O. Mehls, C.-J. Partsch, H.-P. Schwarz, N. Stahnke and M.B. Ranke, Heidelberg, Erlangen, Essen, Kiel, München, Hamburg and Tübingen, Germany and Stockholm, Sweden .............. 149

Familial Mediterranean Fever and Growth: Effect of Disease Severity and Colchicine Treatment

A. Zung, G. Barash, Z. Zadik and J. Barash, Rehovot, Israel ............. 155

Pamidronate Treatment of Steroid Associated Osteonecrosis in Young Patients Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - Two-Year Outcomes

T. Nguyen and M.R. Zacharin, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia ............. 161

PATIENT REPORTS

Oral Alendronate Therapy for Severe Vitamin D Intoxication of the Infant with Nephrocalcinosis

M.E. Atabek, O. Pirgon and A. Sert, Konya, Turkey ................. 169

Isolated Central Diabetes Insipidus in a Newborn with Congenital Toxoplasmosis

A. Karadag, O. Erdeve, B. Atasay, S. Arsan, G. Deda, E. Ince, G. Ocal and M. Berberoglu, Ankara, Turkey ............... 173

Ovarian Adrenal Rest Tissue in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - A Patient Report

H.L. Claahsen-van der Grinten, C.A. Hulsbergen-van de Kaa and B.J. Otten, Nijmegen, The Netherlands .............. 177

MEETING REPORT

The Fifth European Growth Plate Working Group Symposium

H. Kalirai, M. Phillip, L. Savendahl and J.-M. Wit, UK, Israel, Sweden and The Netherlands .............. 183

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Initial Management of Infants with Intersex Conditions in a Tertiary Care Center: A Cautionary Tale

E.A. Eugster, D. Hains and L.A. DiMeglio, USA ............... 191

Re: Houk CP, et al. Intersex Classification Scheme: A Response to the Call for a Change. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2005; 18: 735-738.

A. Dreger, C. Chase, A. Sousa, P.A. Gruppuso and J. Frader, USA ............... 193

CALENDAR ................ 195