JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 20, NUMBER 2                                                                                                      FEBRUARY 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

Should Off-Label Drug Use be Off-the-Table?

S.A. Rivkees, USA [free text] ....................................... 171

 

REVIEW

Role of Physical Exercise in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus

C. Giannini, T. de Giorgis, A. Mohn and F. Chiarelli, Chieti, Italy [free text] ............................ 173

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

Transient, Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency After a BB Gunshot Wound

S.D. Boulware, USA [free text] ......................... 185

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Assessment of Insulin Sensitivity from Measurements in Fasting State and During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Obese Children

M.E. Atabek and O. Pirgon, Konya, Turkey .............................. 187

 

A Community-based Behavior Modification Intervention for Childhood Obesity

D. Gillis, M. Brauner and E. Granot, Jerusalem and Rehovot, Israel ........................... 197

 

Serum Sialic Acid, hs-CRP and Oxidative Stress Parameters in Obese Children

F.M. Yılmaz, G. Yılmaz, Ş.S. Erdeve, Y. Dallar, B.Ç. Topkaya and D. Yücel, Ankara, Turkey ....................... 205

 

Short Stature in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Correlates with Alterations in the IGF-I Axis

P.F. Collett-Solberg, D. Fleenor, W.H. Schultz and R.E. Ware, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Durham, NC and Memphis TN, USA .................... 211

 

Inappropriate Use of Potent Topical Glucocorticoids in Infants

A. Ozon, S. Cetinkaya, A. Alikasifoglu, E.N. Gonc, Y. Şen and N. Kandemir, Ankara, Turkey ..................... 219

 

Bone Mineral Status in Children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

A. Fleischman, J. Ringelheim, H.A. Feldman and C.M. Gordon, Boston, MA, USA ............................ 227

 

The Incidence and Evolution of Thyroid Dysfunction During Interferon-a Therapy in Children with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Z. Kuloğlu, A. Kansu, M. Berberoğlu, P. Adıyaman, G. Öcal and N. Girgin, Ankara, Turkey ................................. 237

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease (PPNAD) and Pituitary Adenoma in a Boy with Sporadic Carney Complex
Due to a Novel, De Novo Paternal PRKAR1A Mutation (R96X)

C. Urban, A. Weinhäusel, P. Fritsch, P. Sovinz, G. Weinhandl, H. Lackner, A. Moritz and O.A. Haas, Graz and Vienna, Austria .................. 247

 

Hypocalcemia as a Presenting Feature of Celiac Disease in a Patient with DiGeorge Syndrome

I.M. Gelfand and L.A. DiMeglio, Indianapolis, IN, USA ............................ 253

 

Growth, Growth Hormone Testing and Response to Growth Hormone Treatment in Gitelman Syndrome

A.H. Slyper, Maywood, IL, USA .............................. 257

 

LETTERS

Re: Evaluation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) suppression by low-dose (0.5 μg) and standard-dose (250 μg) adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) tests in asthmatic children treated with inhaled corticosteroid (JPEM 2006; 19: 1015-1023)

K.N. Priftis, A. Papadimitriou, M.B. Anthracopoulos, A. Fretzayas and P. Nicolaidou, Greece ........................ 261

Reply:

O.Y. Ozbek, I. Turktas, A. Bakirtas and A. Bideci, Turkey ............................ 262

 

CALENDAR .......................... 263