JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 20, NUMBER 7                                                                                                                  JULY 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

Disorders of Sexual Development - Still a Big Challenge!

D. Damiani, São Paulo, Brazil [free text]..................................................................................................................................................................... 749

 

REVIEW

Bariatric Surgery in Pediatrics - Is it Time?

M.C.P. Velhote, D. Damiani and S. Santoro, São Paulo, Brazil  [free text]................................................................................................................ 751

 

SOCIETY NEWS

LWPES 35 Years: Our Heritage and Our Destiny

K. Copeland, Oklahoma City, OK, USA ....................................................................................................................................................................  763

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

Congenital Goiter in Premature Twins Due to Propylthiouracil Treatment

S. Kurtoglu, M. Keskin, E. Koklu, M. Akcakus, M.E. Atabek and N. Hatipoglu, Kayseri, Turkey  [free text]......................................................... 771

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Low-Dose Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Stimulation Testing in Term Infants

J.P. Lomenick and W.J. Smith, Lexington, KY, USA ..................................................................................................................................................  773

 

Adrenal Function in Children with Severe Asthma Treated with High-Dose Inhaled Glucocorticoids:
Recommended Screening Tests in Outpatient Conditions

A. Breborowicz and M. Niedziela, Poznan, Poland ..................................................................................................................................................  781

 

Prevalence of Micropenis Among Boys from Different Regions of Bulgaria

P. Kumanov, R. Robeva and A. Tomova, Sofia, Bulgaria .........................................................................................................................................  791

 

C-Reactive Protein Levels and their Relationship with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Mexican Adolescents

G. Cardoso-Saldaña, J.G. Juárez-Rojas, J. Zamora-González, M. Raygoza-Pérez, R. Martínez-Alvarado, R. Posadas-Sánchez and
C. Posadas-Romero, México City, México ..................................................................................................................................................................  797

 

Usefulness of the Long-acting Insulin Analogue Glargine in Basal-Bolus Therapy for Japanese Children and Adolescents with
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

T. Urakami, S. Morimoto, S. Kubota, S. Funaki and K. Harada, Tokyo, Japan ........................................................................................................  807

 

Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Obese Children and Adolescents

M. Smotkin-Tangorra, R. Purushothaman, A. Gupta, G. Nejati, H. Anhalt and S. Ten, Brooklyn, NY, Sioux Falls, SD and Livingston, NJ, USA .  817

 

PATIENT REPORTS

Identification of a Novel Mutation in the Human Growth Hormone Receptor Gene (GHR) in a Patient with Laron Syndrome

I. Gennero, T. Edouard, M. Rashad, E. Bieth, F. Conte-Auriol, F. Marin, M. Tauber, J.P. Salles and M. El Kholy, Toulouse, France and Cairo, Egypt .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................  825

 

Infantile Systemic Hyalinosis with Early Thyroid Dysfunction

O. Pirgon, M.E. Atabek, H.H. Esen and H. Cangul, Konya and Bursa, Turkey ........................................................................................................  833

 

Can Insulinoma Cause Generalised Epilepsy?

A. Blasetti, L. Di Pietro, G. di Corcia, E. Franzoni, F. Chiarelli and A. Verrotti, Chieti and Bologna, Italy .............................................................  837

 

Tumor Induced Hypercalcemia in a Patient with Mediastinal Synovial Sarcoma

Rahim Vakili, Mehran Hiradfar, Nona Zabolinejad and Zahra Badiei, Mashhad, Iran ..............................................................................................  841

 

ERRATUM

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 (JPEM 2007; 20[4]: 535) ...................  847

 

CALENDAR ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................  848

 

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