JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3, MARCH 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

POINT OF VIEW

Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Vasopressin Analogue Treatment

M. Toumba and R. Stanhope, London, UK ................. 197

COMMENTARY

Vitamin D Deficiency and Rickets

L. Finberg, San Francisco and Stanford, CA, USA .................. 203

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Vitamin D Deficiency in the San Francisco Bay Area

J.C. McAllister, A.T. Lane and B.A. Buckingham, Stanford, CA, USA ....................... 205

Nutritional Rickets in Las Vegas, Nevada

U. Shaikh and P.T. Alpert, Sacramento, CA and Las Vegas, NV, USA .......................... 209

Accuracy of Pubertal Tanner Staging Self-Reporting

J.-C. Desmangles, J.M. Lappe, G. Lipaczewski and G. Haynatzki, Omaha, NE, USA ........................ 213

Transdermal Estradiol Priming During Clonidine Stimulation Test in Non-Growth Hormone Deficient Children with Short Stature: A Pilot Study

M.M.S. Borghi, C.A. Longui, L.E. Calliari, C.D.C. Faria, C. Kochi and O. Monte, São Paulo, Brazil .................... 223

Effects of Growth Hormone (GH) and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Therapy in patients with Gene Defects in the GH Axis

S. Riedl and H. Frisch, Vienna, Austria ..................... 229

Growth Hormone Normalizes Pubertal Onset in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

M. Vanderwel and D.S. Hardin, Dallas, TX, USA ....................... 237

Experience with Long-term Glucocorticoid Treatment in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Growth Pattern Compared with Genetic Height Potential

Z. Aycan, G. Ocal, M. Berberoglu, E. Cetinkaya, P. Adiyaman and O. Evliyaoglu, Ankara, Turkey .................... 245

The Role of Cord Blood IGF-I Levels in Preterm Osteopenia

M.E. Atabek, O. Pirgon, A. Yorulmaz and S. Kurtoglu, Konya and Kayseri, Turkey .................. 253

Relationship Between Different Fasting-Based Insulin Sensitivity Indices in Obese Children and Adolescents

P. Gunczler and R. Lanes, Caracas, Venezuela ........................ 259

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Serum Superoxide Dismutase Activity and Nitric Oxide Do Not Correlate with Arterial Stiffness in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

M.J. Haller, G.L. Pierce, R.W. Braith and J.H. Silverstein, Gainesville, FL, USA ................ 267

PATIENT REPORTS

Οvarian Insufficiency in Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia Begins in Infancy

A. Papadimitriou, I. Fountzoula, P. Nicolaidou and G. Tzortzatou, Athens, Greece ...................... 271

Effects of 3 Years of Intravenous Pamidronate Treatment on Bone Markers and Bone Mineral Density in a Patient with Osteoporosis-Pseudoglioma Syndrome (OPPG)

F. Bayram, F. Tanriverdi, S. Kurtoğlu, M.E. Atabek, M. Kula, L. Kaynar and F. Keleştimur, Kayseri, Turkey ...................... 275

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Poor Adherence to the prophylactic Use of Vitamin D3 in Switzerland

F. Bartoli, J.M. Martínez, A. Ferrarini, E. Recaldini and M.G. Bianchetti, Switzerland ................ 281

Hypomelanosis of Ito and Precocious Adrenarche in a Girl

E. Głąb, E. Barg and B. Wikiera, Poland ....................... 283

CALENDAR ................ 285