JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 20, NUMBER 12

DECEMBER 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

 

Health Care Coverage in America: The Penalty of the Uninsured, Insured and Physician

 

S.A. Rivkees, New Haven, CT, USA [free full text]

1253

 

 

REVIEW

 

Update on Coeliac Disease and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Childhood

 

A. Franzese, F. Lombardi, G. Valerio and M.I. Spagnuolo, Naples, Italy [free full text]

1257

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

McCune-Albright Syndrome

 

A. Daneman and D. Daneman, Toronto, Canada [free full text]

1265

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

Thyroid Function in Extremely Premature Neonates: A Reference Database (see paper by Clemente et al. on p. 1269)

 

A.W. Root, St. Peterberg, FL, USA

1267

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Thyroid Function in Preterm Infants 27-29 Weeks of Gestational Age During the First Four Months of Life:
Results from a Prospective Study Comprising 80 Preterm Infants

 

M. Clemente, P. Ruiz-Cuevas, A. Carrascosa, N. Potau, J. Almar, S. Salcedo and D. Yeste, Barcelona, Spain

1269

 

 

Adrenal Steroid Concentrations in Children Seven to Seventeen Years of Age

 

A.W. Meikle, M.M. Kushnir, A.L. Rockwood, E.G. Pattison, A.H. Terry, T. Sandrock, A.M. Bunker, A.R. Phanslkar, W.E. Owen and
W.L. Roberts, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

1281

 

 

Kinetic Profiles of 18 Systemic Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Mediators During and Following Exercise in Children

 

J.S. Rosa, S.R. Oliver, R.L. Flores, S.C. Graf, A.M. Pontello, M. Ibardolaza, F.P. Zaldivar and P.R. Galassetti, Irvine and Orange, CA, USA

1293

 

 

Administration of Arginine plus Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone to Evaluate Growth Hormone (GH)

Secretory Status in Children with GH Deficiency

 

A. Keller, J. Donaubauer, J. Kratzsch, R. Pfaeffle, W. Hirsch, W. Kiess and E. Keller, Leipzig, Germany

1307

 

 

The Effects of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone on Linear Growth in Children with Crohn’s Disease

and Short Stature

 

S.C. Wong, K. Hassan, P. McGrogan, L.T. Weaver and S.F. Ahmed, Glasgow, UK

1315

 

 

Foot Length Before and During Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Treatment of Children with Laron Syndrome

Compared to Human Growth Hormone Treatment of Children with Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

 

A. Silbergeld, P. Lilos and Z. Laron, Tel Aviv, Israel

1325

 

 

SHORT COMMUNICATION

 

No Evidence for Additional Imprinting Defects in Silver-Russell Syndrome Patients with Maternal

Uniparental Disomy 7 or 11p15 Epimutation

 

N. Schönherr, E. Meyer, G. Binder, H.A. Wollmann and T. Eggermann, Aachen and Tübingen, Germany and Birmingham, UK

1329

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Precocious Puberty in a Girl with Floating-Harbor Syndrome

 

S. Stagi, F. Galluzzi, G. Bindi, E. Lapi, C. Cecchi, R. Salti and F. Chiarelli, Florence and Chieti, Italy

1333

 

 

The Variable Clinical Phenotype of Liver Glycogen Synthase Deficiency

 

R. Spiegel, J. Mahamid, M. Orho-Melander, D. Miron and Y. Horovitz, Afula, Haifa and Um El Phahem, Israel and Malmö, Sweden

1339

 

 

CALENDAR

1343

 

 

INDEX TO VOLUME 20

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