JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 8, AUGUST 2006

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

Do We Need to Build a Different “Better Mousetrap”?

S. Rivkees, USA ........... 961

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Treatment of Central Precocious Puberty with Triptorelin 11.25 mg Depot Formulation

A. Martínez-Aguayo, M.I. Hernández, F. Beas, G. Ińiguez, A. Ávila, H. Sovino, E. Bravo and F. Cassorla, Santiago, Chile .......  963

 

Impact of Body Mass Index on Growth in Boys with Delayed Puberty

B.M. Nathan, I.L. Sedlmeyer and M.R. Palmert, Cleveland, OH and Boston, MA, USA ............... 971

 

The Relationships between Dental Age, Chronological Age and Bone Age in Turkish Adolescents with Constitutional Delay of Growth

N.Ö. Kanbur, A.Kanlı, O. Derman, A. Eifan and A. Ataç, Ankara, Turkey ..................... 979

 

Pubertal Height Gain in Ullrich-Turner Syndrome

S. Bechtold, R. Dalla Pozza, H. Schmidt, W. Bonfig and H.P. Schwarz, Munich, Germany ................. 987

 

Oxidative Stress Markers in Plasma and Urine of Prepubertal Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

A. Gleisner, L. Martinez, R. Pino, I.G. Rojas, A. Martinez, S. Asenjo and M.I. Rudolph, Concepción, Chile ............... 995

 

Clinical Characteristics and Diabetes Associated Autoantibodies in Patients with Both Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Asthma

M. Rachmiel, O. Bloch, Z. Bistritzer, N. Weintrob, R. Ofan, K. Bloch, P. Vardi and M.J. Rapoport, Zerifin, Tel Aviv and Petach Tikva, Israel ............... 1001

 

The Effect of Obesity on Echocardiographic and Metabolic Parameters in Childhood

S.T. Kınık, B. Varan, S.V. Yıldırım and K. Tokel, Ankara, Turkey  ............... 1007

 

Evaluation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Suppression by Low-dose (0.5 µg) and Standard-dose (250 µg) Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Tests in Asthmatic Children Treated with Inhaled Corticosteroid

O.Y. Ozbek, I. Turktas, A. Bakırtas and A. Bideci, Ankara, Turkey ................. 1015

 

Prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D in Early Infantile Hypocalcemia

A. Ashraf, G. Mick, J. Atchison, B. Petrey, H. Abdullatif and K. McCormick, Birmingham, AL, USA ................. 1025

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Intermittent Growth Attenuation: Is this a Sign of Craniopharyngioma?

M. Misra and L.L. Levitsky, Boston, MA, USA ................. 1033

 

Muscle Infarction in a 13 Year-old Female with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus of Short Duration

J. Umeukeje, B.A. Pletcher, M. Blacksin, L.R. Sharer, P. Wenger and C. Singer-Granick, Newark, NJ, USA ............... 1039

 

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Associated with Nephrotic Syndrome

P.I. Agras, S.T. Kinik, N. Cengiz and E. Baskin, Ankara, Turkey ................. 1045

 

Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1a with Congenital Hypothyroidism

J.E. Pinsker, W. Rogers, S. McLean, F.V. Schaefer and C. Fenton, Bethesda, MD, USA ............... 1049

 

CALENDAR ............... 1053