JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 5, MAY 2006

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

REVIEW

Fertility in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

H.L. Claahsen-van der Grinten, N.M.M.L. Stikkelbroeck, C.G.J. Sweep, A.R.M.M. Hermus and B.J. Otten, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ..... 677

 

COMMENTARY

Pituitary Dysfunction Following Head Injury - A Common Problem, Rarely Diagnosed (see paper by Einaudi et al. p. 691)

C.J. Thompson, Dublin, Ireland ....................... 687

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Hypothalamo-hypophysial Dysfunction After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Retrospective and Prospective Study

S. Einaudi, P. Matarazzo, P. Peretta, R. Grossetti, F. Giordano, F. Altare, C. Bondone, M. Andreo, G. Ivani, L. Genitori and C. de Sanctis, Turin, Italy ..................... 691

 

Blood Pressure in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

W. Hoepffner, A. Herrmann, H. Willgerodt and E. Keller, Leipzig, Germany ..................... 705

 

Asymptomatic Cardiomyopathy in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Association of Echocardiographic Indicators with Duration of Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Parameters

E. Adal, G. Koyuncu, A. Aydın, A. Çelebi, G. Kavunoğlu and H. Çam, İstanbul, Turkey ....................... 713

 

The Relationship of Maternal Iodine Status and Neonatal Thyrotropin Concentration: A Study in Southern Thailand

S. Jaruratanasirikul, J. Chukamnerd, O. Koranantakul, P. Chanvitan, P. Ruaengrairatanaroj and H. Sriplung, Hat Yai, Thailand ............... 727

 

Genetic Variants in the Promoter Region of the IGF-I Gene as a Reason for Short Stature

A. Kędzia, A. Obrępalska-Stęplowska, J. Pacholska-Bogalska, M. Obara-Moszyńska, E. Korman and A. Goździcka- Józefiak, Poznań, Poland ............. 733

 

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) Gene Polymorphism (-675 4G/5G) Associated with Obesity and Vascular Risk in Children

M. Berberoğlu, O. Evliyaoğlu, P. Adıyaman, G. Öcal, B. Ulukol, F. Şimşek, Z. Şıklar, A. Törel, D. Özel and N. Akar, Ankara, Turkey .......... 741

 

Childhood Sporadic Pheochromocytoma: Clinical Profile and Outcome in 19 Patients

A. Bhansali, R. Rajput, A. Behra, K.L.N. Rao, N. Khandelwal and B.D. Radotra, Chandigarh, India .................. 749

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Malignant Insulinoma in Childhood

F. Karachaliou, E. Vlachopapadopoulou, P. Kaldrymidis, G. Simatos, M. Zacharea, E. Spanidou-Karvouni, S. Michalacos and D. Voros, Athens, Greece ..................... 757

 

An Unusual Case of Chromosome 22q11 Deletion Syndrome with Psychiatric Disorder, Hypoparathyroidism and Precocious Puberty

G. Karagüzel, S. Akçurin, S. Yakut and İ. Bircan, Antalya, Turkey ..................... 761

 

Triple-A Syndrome - The First Chinese Patient with Novel Mutations in the AAAS Gene

Y.Y. Lam, I.F.M. Lo, C.C. Shek, T.M.F. Tong, D.K.K. Ng, T.F. Tong, M.S. Choi, S.T.S. Lam and C.S. Ho, Hong Kong, China ................ 765

 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Menstruation in a 2 Month-old Infant with Salt-Losing Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

S. Chatterjee and S. Bhattacharya, India .................. 771

 

CALENDAR ...................... 773