TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIEW

Regulation of Glucose Transporters - Implications for Insulin Resistance States

A. Tirosh, A. Rudich and N. Bashan, Beer-Sheva, Israel ...................  115

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A Twelve Year Study of the Incidence of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

N.A. Kulaylat and H. Narchi, Saudi Arabia .......  135

Leptin Binding Activity (LBA) in Plasma of Nondiabetic and Diabetic Adolescents and Obese Children: Relation to Auxologic and Hormonal Data

F. Diamond, D. Eichler, D. Mayes, V. Jorgensen, G. Duckett, C. Hu, D. Cuthbertson and A. Root, Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL, USA ...........  141

Breast Milk Leptin Concentrations in Initial and Terminal Milk Samples: Relationships to Maternal and Infant Plasma Leptin Concentrations, Adiposity, Serum Glucose, Insulin, Lipid and Lipoprotein Levels

B. Uçar, B. Kırel, Ö. Bör, F. Sultan Kılıç, N. Doğruel,  S. Durmuş Aydoğdu and N. Tekin, Eskişehir, Turkey ............  149

M-Mode Echocardiographic Evaluation of Systolic Function, LV Volume and Mass in Children on Growth Hormone Therapy

Lela Stamoyannou, D. Georgacopoulos, C. Trapali, P. Neou, C.S.Bartsocas and A. Margetakis, Athens, Greece .......  157

Growth Hormone Treatment in Short Children with b-Thalassaemia Major

G. Katzos, E. Papakostantinou-Athanasiadou, M. Athanasiou-Metaxa and F. Harsoulis, Thessaloniki, Greece ........  161

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Growth Hormone Deficiency: Relationship Between Endocrine Function and Morphological Findings

N. Kandemir, N. Yordam, A. Cila and A. Besim, Ankara, Turkey ...........  171

Iron Deposition in the Anterior Pituitary in Homozygous Beta-Thalassemia: MRI Evaluation and Correlation with Gonadal Function

M. Berkovitch, T. Bistritzer, S.D. Milone, K. Perlman, W. Kucharczyk and N.F. Olivieri, Tel Aviv, Israel and Toronto, Canada .......................  179

Geographic Variation in Groundwater Iodine and Iodine Deficiency in Israel, The West Bank and Gaza

J. Sack, I. Kaiserman, T.Tulchinsky, G. Harel and R. Gutekunst, Tel Hashomer, Jerusalem and Haifa, Israel and Lubeck, Germany .................  185

The Effect of Abnormal Intrauterine Thyroid Hormone Economies on Infant Cognitive Abilities

G. Mirabella, D. Feig, E. Astzalos, K. Perlman and J.F. Rovet, Toronto, Canada ..........  191

Neuroendocrinological Response to Standardized Mixed Meal in Female Anorectic Patients During Active and Refeeding Phases

A. Valevski, G. Fridberg, I. Gil-Ad, Z. Laron and A. Weizman, Tel Aviv, Israel ..............  195

Pre-operative Control of Arterial Hypertension Using Ketoconazole in Pediatric Patients with Adrenocortical Tumors

L. Sbragia Neto, A. Gonçalves Filho, J.M. Bustorff-Silva, H. Köler, S. Epelman, S.H.V.L. Marini and G. Guerra Júnior, São Paulo, Brazil ........  201

Correlation of Blood-Spot 17-Hydroxyprogesterone Daily Profiles and Urinary Steroid Profiles in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

É. Erhardt, J. Sólyom, J. Homoki, S. Juricskay and Gy. Soltész, Pécs and Budapest, Hungary and Ulm, Germany ................  205

PATIENT REPORTS

Patient with Weismann-Netter and Stuhl (Toxopachyosteosis) Syndrome with Communicant Hydrocephalus and Arachnoid Cyst

S. Kurtoglu, M. Dundar, S. Kumandas, Z. Gündüz, K. Üzüm, A.C. Durak and H. Caksen, Kayseri, Turkey ..............  211

Effect of Alendronate Treatment on the Clinical Picture and Bone Turnover Markers in Chronic Idiopathic Hyperphosphatasia

E. Demir, A. Bereket, B. Özkan and M. Topçu, Ankara, Turkey .................  217

FORUM AND CORRESPONDENCE .........  223

BOOK REVIEWS .............  225

CALENDAR .............  227

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