JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 6

JUNE 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 

Why the Consensus for Consensus?

 

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

503

 

 

REVIEW

 

Translating Transition: A Critical Review of the Diabetes Literature

 

M. Nakhla, D. Daneman, M. Frank and A. Guttmann, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [free text]

507

 

 

SOCIETY NEWS

 

Van Wyk Award Acceptance Speech, May 5, 2008

 

D.A. Fisher, San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA [free text]

517

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Pseudopuberty and Juvenile Hypothyroidism

 

S.K. Singh, R. Goyal, A. Rastogi, K. Gupta, S. Kumar and N.K. Agrawa, Varanasi, India [free text]

521

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Congenital Hyperinsulinism in Austria

 

S. Mercimek-Mahmutoglu, B. Rami, M. Feucht, M. Herle, O. Rittinger, S. Stoeckler-Ipsiroglu and

E. Schober, Vienna and Salzburg, Austria and Vancouver, Canada

523

 

 

An Analysis of Predictive Factors for the Conversion from Premature Thelarche into

Complete Central Precocious Puberty

 

S.-Y. Zhu, M.-L. Du and T.-T. Huan, Guangzhou, China

533

 

 

Propylthiouracil Associated Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) in

Patients with Childhood Onset Graves’ Disease

 

O. Panamonta, V. Sumethkul, P. Radinahmed, M. Laopaiboon and W. Kirdpon, Khon Kaen and

Bangkok, Thailand

539

 

 

Molecular Analysis of the AR and SRD5A2 Genes in Patients with 46,XY

Disorders of Sex Development

 

J.-H. Choi, G.-H. Kim, E.-J. Seo, K.-S. Kim, S.H. Kim and H.-W. Yoo, Daejeon and Seoul, Korea

545

 

 

Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Human Insulin (Exubera®) Compared to

Subcutaneous Insulin in Children Ages 6 to 11 Years with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus:

Results of a 3-Month, Randomized, Parallel Trial

 

N.H. White, T. Quattrin, L.B. St Aubin, W.T. Duggan, R.D. England and J.S. Fryburg, St. Louis, MO, Buffalo, NY and New London,
 CT, USA

555

 

 

Usefulness of Growth Hormone (GH) Stimulation Tests and IGF-I Concentration Measurement in GH Deficiency Diagnosis

 

M. Obara-Moszyńska, A. Kędzia, E. Korman and M. Niedziela, Poznań, Poland

569

 

 

Hyperglycemia and Hypoinsulinemia in Patients with Fanconi-Bickel Syndrome

 

D. Taha, N. Al-Harbi and E. Al-Sabban, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

581

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIIa Presenting as Non-Ketotic Hypoglycemia:

Use of a Newly Approved Commercially Available Mutation Analysis to

Non-Invasively Confirm the Diagnosis

 

J. Seigel, D.A. Weinstein, R. Hillman, B. Colbert, B. Matthews and B. Bachrach, Columbia, MO and Gainesville, FL, USA

587

 

 

Clinical and Laboratory Findings of Two Newborns with Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch Syndrome: Additional Features, Evaluation of Bone Turnover and

Review of the Literature

 

E.C. Dinleyici, N. Tekin, M. Dinleyici and M.A. Aksit, Eskisehir, Turkey

591

 

 

Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome and Persistent Hypothyroidism After

Bilateral Nephrectomy

 

M. Kacer, D.A. Whyte, I. Boydstun and T.A. Wilson, Stony Brook, NY, USA

597

 

 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

 

Re: Relationship between endothelial dysfunction, carotid artery intima media

thickness and circulating markers of vascular inflammation in obese

hypertensive children and adolescents

(J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2007; 20: 1125-1136)

 

M.E. Atabek, Konya, Turkey

603

 

 

The Incidence of Glucose Disorders Related to Cystic Fibrosis Could Be Higher

with Current Criteria

 

(Re: Carbohydrate Metabolism Changes in Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2007; 20: 621-663)

 

M. Arroyo-Hernández and L. Miñones-Suárez, Oviedo, Spain

605

 

 

CALENDAR

606