JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 19, SUPPLEMENT 3

September 2006

 

Proceedings of the XVIII Annual Meeting of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Endocrinología Pediátrica (SLEP)

 

September 30th-October 3rd, 2006

Viña del Mar, Chile

 

President: M. Verónica Mericq

Honorary President: Medardo Burgueño

Secretary General: Ivo P. Arnold

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

M. Verónica Mericq

Virginia Perez

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Coordinator: Ronald Youlton

 

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Fernando Cassorla (Chile)

Horacio Domené (Argentina)

Ana Claudia Latronico (Brasil)

 

LOCAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Ronald Youlton

Germán Iñiguez

Hernán Garcia

Sylvia Asenjo

Andreina Cattani

Ethel Codner

 

INVITED SPEAKERS

Silva Arslanian (USA)

Steven Chernausek (USA)

Leo Dunkel (Finland)

Kristina Rother (USA)

Paul Saenger (USA)

Stephen Shalet (UK)

Charles Sultan (France)

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

On behalf of the Organizing Committee it is a great pleasure and honor to invite you to participate in the XVIII Annual Meeting of SLEP (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Endocrinologia Pediatrica) being held in Viña del Mar from September 30th to October 3rd , 2006.

Viña del Mar is also known as the ‘garden city’ and is located 110 km from Santiago, the Chilean capital. 

The natural beauty of its surroundings with an ideal climate and its urban life invite you to have a delightful stay and to participate and enjoy the excellent scientific program. The success of this event depends on the high quality program in addition to the research contribution of our members and colleagues during the year.

I cordially invite you to this meeting and hope you enjoy your stay,

.

Verónica Mericq

SLEP President

 

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 19, SUPPLEMENT 3, SEPTEMBER 2006

Proceedings of the XVIII Annual Meeting of the
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Endocrinología Pediátrica (SLEP)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

LECTURE ABSTRACTS ................. 1055

 

ABSTRACTS .................. 1061

 

AUTHOR INDEX .................. 1091

 

 

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