JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
REVIEW
Growth Hormone and Premature
Atherosclerosis in Childhood Obesity
M. Smotkin-Tangorra, H. Anhalt and
S. Ten,
COMMENTARY
The Growing Child with Thalassaemia (see paper by De Sanctis
et al. p. 471)
N. Skordis,
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Impact of Long-term Iron Chelation Therapy on Growth and Endocrine Functions in Thalassaemia
V. De Sanctis, M. Roos, T. Gasser, M. Fortini, G. Raiola and M.C. Galati, on behalf of the
Italian Working Group on Endocrine Complications in Non-Endocrine Diseases, Ferrara
and Catanzaro, Italy and Zürich,
Switzerland ..................... 471
Diagnosis of Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency:
Contributions of Data on the Acid-labile Subunit, Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and-II, and IGF Binding
Protein-3
C. Trivin,
J.-C. Souberbielle, G. Aubertin, E.
Lawson-Body, L. Adan and R. Brauner,
Paris, France and Bahia, Brazil ..................
481
Congenital
Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency Attributable to a Novel PROP1
Mutation (467insT)
O. Nose, K. Tatsumi, Y.
Nakano and N. Amino, Osaka, Japan ..................... 491
The Psychosocial Impact of Klinefelter
Syndrome - A 10 Year Review
P.J. Simm and M.R. Zacharin,
Diagnostic Value of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of
Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents
H. Willgerodt, E.
Keller, J. Bennek and P. Emmrich,
Thyroid Autoimmunity in Children with Coexisting Type 1
Diabetes Mellitus and Celiac Disease: A Multicenter
Study
Z. Sumnik, O. Cinek, N. Bratanic, J. Lebl, B. Rozsai, C. Limbert, M. Paskova and E. Schober, Prague, Czech Republic, Vienna, Austria,
Ljubljana and Kosice, Slovenia, Pecs,
Hungary and Lisbon, Portugal ..................... 517
Efficacy and Safety of Oral Alendronate
Treatment in Children and Adolescents with Osteoporosis
E. Unal, A. Abacı, E. Bober and A. Büyükgebiz,
Effect of Carbamezapine
and Valproic Acid on Bone Mineral Density, IGF-I and IGFBP-3
S. Kumandas, E. Koklu, H. Gümüs, S. Koklu, S. Kurtoglu, M. Karakukcu and M. Keskin, Kayseri, Turkey
.................. 529
PATIENT REPORTS
Worster-Drought
Syndrome (Congenital Bilateral Perisylvian Syndrome)
with Posterior Pituitary Ectopia, Pituitary Hypoplasia, Empty Sella and Panhypopituitarism: A Patient Report
F. Baş, F. Darendeliler, Z. Yapici, S. Gökalp, R. Bundak, N. Saka and H. Günöz, Istanbul, Turkey .................. 535
Preclinical Diagnosis of Testotoxicosis in a Boy with an Activating Mutation of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor
M.
Teles, V.N. Brito, I.J.P. Arnhold, B.B. Mendonca and A.C. Latronico, São
Paulo, Brasil ...................... 541
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Recurrent Intracranial
Hypertension Induced by Growth Hormone Therapy
M.
Sacco and G. Di Giorgio, Italy ..................... 545
CALENDAR ........................ 547