JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 4, APRIL 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

REVIEW

Growth Hormone and Premature Atherosclerosis in Childhood Obesity

M. Smotkin-Tangorra, H. Anhalt and S. Ten, Brooklyn, NY and Livingston, NJ, USA  .................... 455

 

COMMENTARY

The Growing Child with Thalassaemia (see paper by De Sanctis et al. p. 471)

N. Skordis, Nicosia, Cyprus .............  467

 

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, Melbourne, Australia ................... 499

 

Diagnostic Value of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents

H. Willgerodt, E. Keller, J. Bennek and P. Emmrich, Leipzig, Germany ................. 507

 

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, Izmir, Turkey ..................... 523

 

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