JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 2

FEBRUARY 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

 

Review or De-Review?

 

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

105

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

‘No Child Need Have Rickets’ Revisited

 

T. Berry and R. Rapaport, New York, NY, USA [free text]

107

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in the Screening of Early Glucose Derangements

in Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis

 

A. Franzese, G. Valerio, P. Buono, M.I. Spagnuolo, A. Sepe, E. Mozzillo, I. De Simone and V. Raia, Naples, Italy

109

 

 

Ala54Thr Polymorphism of the Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 2 Gene (Intestinal-type FABP)

Is Associated with Changes in Insulin Sensitivity in SGA Pubertal Girls

 

V. Mericq, G. Iñíguez, A. Martínez, A. Avila, M.I. Hernández, T. Capurro, T. Salazar, B. Angel and

F. Pérez-Bravo, Santiago, Chile

117

 

 

Body Mass Index and Body Composition in Relation to Sexual Maturation

 

S.D. Castilho, M. Cocetti and A.A. Barros Filho, Campinas, SP, Brazil

127

 

 

Pubertal Progression and Serum Lipid Profile in Obese Children

 

A. Güven and S.Y. Sanisoglu, Samsun and Ankara, Turkey

135

 

 

Association of Trp64Arg Polymorphism of b3-Adrenergic Receptor with Insulin Resistance

in Polish Children with Obesity

 

M. Zawodniak-Szałapska, R. Stawerska, E. Brzeziańska, D. Pastuszak-Lewandoska, J. Lukamowicz, K. Cypryk

and A. Lewiński, Lodz, Poland

147

 

 

Thyroid Dysfunction in Down’s Syndrome and Screening for Hypothyroidism in Children

and Adolescents Using Capillary TSH Measurement

 

J. Murphy, M. Philip, S. Macken, J. Meehan, E. Roche, P.D. Mayne, M. O’Regan

and H.M.C.V. Hoey, Dublin, Ireland

155

 

 

Exaggerated Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Secretion in Children Exposed to the

Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Catastrophe

 

O.Y. Boyarskaya and O.V. Kopilova, Kyív, Ukraine

165

 

 

Gender Identity of Children and Young Adults with 5a-Reductase Deficiency

 

E.P. Praveen, A.K. Desai, M.L. Khurana, J. Philip, M. Eunice, R. Khadgawat, B. Kulshreshtha,

K. Kucheria, D.K. Gupta, A. Seith and A.C. Ammini, New Delhi, India

173

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

A Very Rare Cause of Virilization in Childhood: Ovarian Leydig Cell Tumor

 

E. Arhan, E. Çetinkaya, Z. Aycan, A.T. Aslan, H. Yücel and S. Vidinlisan, Ankara, Turkey

181

 

 

Novel Mutation in Cytochrome P450c17 Causes Complete Combined

17a-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency

 

A. Bhangoo, J. Aisenberg, A. Chartoff, S. Ten, R.J. Wallerstein, R. Wolf and

R.J. Auchus, Brooklyn, NY, Hackensack, NJ and Dallas, TX, USA

185

 

 

An Infant with Cytomegalovirus-induced Subacute Thyroiditis

 

A. Al Maawali, S. Al Yaarubi and A. Al Futaisi, Muscat, Oman

191

 

 

CALENDAR

195

 

 

 

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