JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 8

AUGUST 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 

Medical Moneyball: A Model for Academic Pediatric Growth

 

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

713

 

 

REVIEW

 

Public Policy to Prevent Childhood Obesity, and the Role of Pediatric Endocrinologists

 

R.R. Friedman and M.B. Schwartz, New Haven, CT, USA [free text]

717

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

Growth Hormone in Cystic Fibrosis

 

D.S. Hardin, Columbus, OH, USA [free text]

727

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Study of Glucose Profiles with Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adolescents with

Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

 

H. Lu, S. Castells, D. Hagerty and J.B. Quintos, Brooklyn, NY and Providence, RI, USA

729

 

 

Determinants of Plasma Adiponectin Levels in Obese Children

 

E.-G. Yoo and D.H. Kim, Sungnam and Seoul, Korea

737

 

 

Evaluation of Diagnosis and Treatment Results in Children with Graves’ Disease with Emphasis

on the Pubertal Status of Patients

 

Ş. Poyrazoğlu, N. Saka, F. Bas, P. Isguven, A.Dogu, S. Turan, A. Turan, S. Sarikaya, E. Adal, F. Cizmeci,

H. Saglam, O. Ercan, N. Memioglu, H. Günöz, R. Bundak, F. Darendeliler, M. Yildiz, T. Guran, T. Akcay,

L. Akin and S. Hatun, Istanbul, Kocaeli and Bursa, Turkey

745

 

 

Differential Presentation for Children with Autoimmune Thyroiditis Discovered Because of

Symptom Development or Screening

 

M.D. DeBoer and S. LaFranchi, Charlottesville, VA and Portland, OR, USA

753

 

 

Effect of Inspiration/Expiration on Height Measurement

 

M. Kacer, G. Zhang, A.H. Lane, J.J. Chen and T.A. Wilson, Stony Brook, NY, USA

763

 

 

Body Image in Adolescents with Disorders of Steroidogenesis

 

C. Ning, L. Green-Golan, C.A. Stratakis, E. Leschek, N. Sinaii, E. Schroth, M. Ernst and

D.P. Merke, Bethesda, MD, USA

771

 

 

Identification of Frequency and Distribution of the Nine Most Frequent Mutations among Patients

with 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency in Turkey

 

F. Sadeghi, N. Yurur-Kutlay, M. Berberoglu, E. Cetinkaya, Z. Aycan, C. Kara, H. Ilgin Ruhi, G. Ocal,

Z. Şıklar, A. Elhan and A. Tukun, Ankara, Turkey

781

 

 

Growth in Familial Mediterranean Fever: Effect of Attack Rate, Genotype and Colchicine Treatment

 

M. Türkmen, Ö.B. Soylu, B. Kasap, S. Güneş, Ö. Tüfekçi, A. Soylu, D. Erçal and S. Kavukçu, Izmir, Turkey

789

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Growth Hormone Therapy Improves Growth in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Related Liver Disease

 

M.S. Stalvey, D.M. Torrez, J. Hillan, R.P. Gonzalez-Peralta, A. Haafiz and A.L. Rosenbloom, Gainesville,

FL and Worcester, MA, USA

793

 

 

Isolated Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency Presenting as an Acute Neurologic Emergency

in a Peripubertal Girl

 

A.A. Bremer, S. Ranadive, S.C. Conrad, S. Vallette-Kasic and S.M. Rosenthal,

Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland, CA, USA and Montréal, Canada

799

 

 

Non-Islet-Cell Tumor Hypoglycemia and Lactic Acidosis in a Child with Congenital HIV and

Burkitt’s Lymphoma

 

M.V. Rastogi, N. Desai and J.B. Quintos, Brooklyn, NY and Providence, RI, USA

805

 

 

Three Years Follow-up of Pamidronate Therapy in Two Brothers with Osteoporosis-Pseudoglioma

Syndrome (OPPG) Carrying an LRP5 Mutation

 

E.R. Barros, M.R. Dias da Silva, I.S. Kunii and M. Lazaretti-Castro, São Paulo, Brazil

811

 

 

CALENDAR

819

 

 

 

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