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JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 12

DECEMBER 2008

*COMMENTARY*
How Should We Diagnose and Monitor Central Precocious Puberty?
G.B. Kletter, Seattle, WA, USA [free text]	1105

*COMMENTARY*
Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency in South America: Colonial History, Molecular Biology, and Growth and Metabolic Insights
A.L. Rosenbloom and J. Guevara-Aguirre, Gainesville, Florida, USA and Quito, Ecuador [free text]	1107

*IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY*
Congenital Anodontia in Ectodermal Dysplasia
O. Pirgon, M.E. Atabek and I.A. Tanju, Konya and Istanbul, Turkey [free text]	1111

*ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS*
The Diagnostic Value of a Brief GnRH Analogue Stimulation Test in Girls with Central Precocious Puberty: A Single 30-minute Post-stimulation LH Sample is Adequate
C.P. Houk, A.R. Kunselman and P.A. Lee, Savannah, GA, Hershey, PA and Indianapolis, IN, USA	1113

E180Splice Mutation in the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene in a Chilean Family with Growth Hormone Insensitivity: A Probable Common Mediterranean Ancestor
C. Espinosa, M. Sjoberg, T. Salazar, A. Rodriguez, F.G. Cassorla, M.V. Mericq and P. Carvallo, Santiago, Chile	1119

Reliability of the Low Dose Synacthen Test in Children Undergoing Pituitary Function Testing
T. Mushtaq, F. Shakur, J.K. Wales and N.P. Wright, Sheffield, UK	1129

The Leptin/Adiponectin Ratio in Mid-Infancy Correlates with Weight Gain in Healthy Term Infants, but is Unrelated to Serum Insulin Concentrations, Body Mass Index, or Skin Fold Thickness
F. Diamond, C. Dharamraj, S. Luther and D. Eichler, Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL, USA	1133

Identification of Sequence Variants in the UBL5 (Ubiquitin-like 5 or BEACON) Gene in Obese Children by PCR-SSCP: No Evidence for Association with Obesity
F. Sentinelli, S. Romeo, V.M. Cambuli, E. Cossu, M.G. Cavallo, S. Zavarella, M. Spoletini, R. Buzzetti and M.G. Baroni, Cagliari and Rome, Italy and Dallas, TX, USA	1139

Characteristics of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Adolescents
S.K. Bhadada, A. Bhansali, P. Dutta, A. Behera, G.V. Chanukya and B.R. Mittal, Chandigarh, India	1147

Bone Mineral Density in Girls with Classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to CYP21 Deficiency
R.H. Elnecave, C. Kopacek, M. Rigatto, J. Keller Brenner and J.A. Sisson de Castro, Porto Alegre, Brasil	1155

Economic Family Burden of Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
N. Altamirano-Bustamante, L. Islas-Ortega, C. Robles-Valdés, J. Garduño-Espinosa, G. Morales-Cisneros, A. Valderrama, R. Calzada-León, M.L. Cuevas, J.L. Xancopinca and M.M. Altamirano-Bustamante , Mexico City, Mexico	1163

Simultaneous Suprasellar and Pineal Germ Cell Tumors in Five Late Stage Adolescents: Endocrinological Studies and Prolonged Follow-up
P. Vuillermet, B. Cauliez, P. Fréger, J.P. Vannier, A. Pellerin and J.M. Kuhn, Rouen, France	1169

*PATIENT REPORT LETTERS*
Thyroidectomy in a Patient with Multinodular Dyshormonogenetic Goitre - A Case of Pendred Syndrome Confirmed by Mutations in the PDS/SLC26A4 Gene
K. Banghova, O. Cinek, E. Al Taji, J. Zapletalova, R. Vidura and J. Lebl, Prague and Olomouc, Czech Republic	1179

A New Mitochondrial Mutation in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus, Deafness, Hydronephrosis and Joint Contractures
S.H. Ranjbar, P. Amiri, M.M. Amoli and A. Soltani, Tehran, Iran	1185

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis in a Child with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
U.P. Phatak, A.J. Park, S.U. Latif, G. Bultron, D.S. Pashankar and S.Z. Husain, New Haven, CT and East Lansing, MI, USA	1191

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INDEX TO VOLUME 21	1197

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