JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 20, NUMBER 4, APRIL 2007

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

“The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act” - Four Million Calls for Support!

S.A. Rivkees, New Haven, CT, USA [free text] .................... 457

 

REVIEW

The Management of Central Diabetes Insipidus in Infancy: Desmopressin, Low Renal Solute Load Formula, Thiazide Diuretics

S.A. Rivkees, N. Dunbar and T.A. Wilson, New Haven, CT and Stony Brook, NY, USA [free text] ................. 459

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

Three Faces of Hypothalamic Tumors

A. Jastreboff and J. Sherr, New Haven, CT, USA [free text].................. 471

 

COMMENTARY

Hirsutism in Adolescent Girls

A. Büyükgebiz, Istanbul, Turkey ................... 473

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Functional Ovarian Hyperandrogenism and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Prepubertal Girls with Obesity and/or Premature Pubarche

Z. Şiklar, G. Öçal, P. Adiyaman, A. Ergur and M. Berberoğlu, Ankara, Turkey ............... 475

 

Correlation Between AVPR2 Mutations and Urinary AQP2 Excretion in Patients with Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

P. Kotnik, T. Battelino, M. Debeljak, K.T. Podkrajšek, F. Waldhauser, J. Frøkiaer, S. Nielsen and C. Kržišnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Aarhus, Denmark, and Vienna, Austria .................  483

 

Nutrient Intake and Body Composition Variables in Prader-Willi Syndrome - Effect of Growth Hormone Supplementation and Genetic Subtype

P. Galassetti, O. Saetrum Opgaard, S.B. Cassidy and A. Pontello, Orange, CA, USA .................... 491

 

Late Rise of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in Ill Newborns

S.J. Hyman, F. Greig, I. Holzman, A. Patel, E. Wallach and R. Rapaport, New York, NY, USA ..................... 501

 

Changes in Thyroid Morphology and Function in Children in Western Poland as a Result of Intensified Iodine Prophylaxis

M. Bączyk, M. Ruchała, M. Pisarek, L. Pietz, R. Junik, J. Sowiński and M. Gembicki, Poznań and Bydgoszcz, Poland ................ 511

 

Glycaemic Control and Hypoglycaemia in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Unstable Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Treated with Insulin Glargine or Intermediate-acting Insulin

J. Herwig, G. Scholl-Schilling and H. Böhles, Frankfurt, Germany .....................  517

 

Stressful Life Events and Psychological Dysfunctions Before the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

S. Sipetic, H. Vlajinac, J. Marinkovi, N. Kocev, B. Milan, I. Ratkov and S. Sajic, Belgrade, Serbia ................  527

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Neonatal Hyperthyroidism: Neonatal Clinical Course of Two Brothers Born to a Mother with Graves-Basedow Disease, Before and After Total Thyroidectomy

A.A. Zuppa, P. Sindico, I. Savarese, V. D’Andrea, A. Fracchiolla, F. Cota and C. Romagnoli, Rome, Italy ................  535

 

Development of Diabetes Mellitus in Two Boys After the Initiation of Growth Hormone Therapy

A. Sadeghi-Nejad, Boston, MA, USA ................ 541

 

Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Glucose-6-phosphatase Deficiency - von Gierke Disease - with Multiple Hepatic Adenomas and Concomitant Focal Nodular Hyperplasia

G. Carreiro, C.A. Villela-Nogueira, H.S.M. Coelho, S. Basto, V.L. Pannain, A. Caroli-Bottino and J. Ribeiro Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ........... 545

 

LETTERS

Re: Editorial: It is (Sort of) a Boy and (Sort of) a Girl. You have (Sort of) a Say and You (Sort of) Don't?
The Uneasiness of Genital Restoration Surgery [JPEM 2006(11); 19: 1285-1289] ............... 551

 

CALENDAR ............... 555