JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

 

VOLUME 22, NUMBER 1

JANUARY 2009

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 

Z. Zadik, Rehovot, Israel [free text]

1

 

 

REVIEW

 

Current Developments in Wolfram Syndrome

 

M.A. Ganie and D. Bhat, Srinagar, India [free text]

3

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Transient Neonatal Hypothyroidism Manifested at Birth

 

A. Toromanovic and H. Tahirovic, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina [free text]

11

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Secular Trend in Body Height of Schoolchildren in Northeast Attica, Greece

 

A. Papadimitriou, M. Konstantinidou, H. Christopanou, P. Xepapadaki, O. Giannouli and

P. Nicolaidou, Athens, Greece

13

 

 

High and Low Birth Weight and its Implication for Growth and Bone Development in

Childhood and Adolescence

 

O. Fricke, O. Semler, A. Stabrey, B. Tutlewski, T. Remer, P. Herkenrath and

E. Schoenau, Cologne and Dortmund, Germany

19

 

 

Auxological Evaluation and Determinants of Growth Failure at the Time of Adoption in

Eastern European Adoptees

 

B.S. Miller, M.G. Kroupina, S.L. Iverson, P. Mason, C. Narad, J.H. Himes, D.E. Johnson and

A. Petryk, Minneapolis, MN and Fairfax, VI, USA

31

 

 

Difference Between Japanese and Caucasian Populations in the Allelic Frequency of Growth Hormone Receptor Polymorphisms

 

K. Iida, Y. Takahashi, H. Kaji, Y. Okimura, O. Nose and K. Chihara, Kobe, Hyogo and Osaka, Japan

41

 

 

Facial Metrics in Children with Corticotrophin-Producing Pituitary Adenomas Suggest Abnormalities in

Midface Development

 

M.F. Keil and C.A. Stratakis, Bethesda, MD, USA

47

 

 

Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Zoledronic Acid in Paediatric Osteoporosis

 

J.J. Brown and M.R. Zacharin, Victoria, Australia

55

 

 

Pediatric Atorvastatin in Diabetes Trial (PADIT): A Pilot Study to Determine the Effect of Atorvastatin on

Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Function in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

 

M.J. Haller, J.M. Stein, J.J. Shuster, D. Theriaque, M.M. Samyn, C. Pepine and

J.H. Silverstein, Gainesville, FL and Milwaukee, WI, USA [free text]

65

 

 

Phthalate Exposure in Girls During Early Puberty

 

Y.-Y. Chou, P.-C. Huang, C.-C. Lee, M.-H. Wu and S.-J. Lin, Tainan, Taiwan

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PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Feminizing Adrenocortical Adenoma in a 5 Year-old Girl

 

O. Bouyahia, L. Gharsallah, M. Ouederni, S. Boukthir, S.M. Mrad and A.S. El Gharbi, Tunis, Tunisia

79

 

 

A Novel Mutation in the β-Subunit of the Epithelial Sodium Channel Gene (SCNN1B) in a

Thai Family with Liddle’s Syndrome

 

P. Sawathiparnich, A. Sumboonnanonda, P. Weerakulwattana and C. Limwongse, Bangkok, Thailand

85

 

 

A Novel Nonsense Mutation of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor Gene in the Renal Form of

Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1

 

N. Uchida, M. Shiohara, S. Miyagawa, I. Yokota and T. Mori, Nagano, Shinshu, Kure and Kagawa, Japan

91

 

 

A Healthy, Female Chimera with 46,XX/46,XY Karyotype

 

M. Binkhorst, N. de Leeuw and B.J. Otten, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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CALENDAR

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List of Reviewers for 2008

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