JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

VOLUME 22, NUMBER 4

APRIL 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 

Unbalanced Nutrition Might be a Threat to Our Endocrine System

 

Z. Zadik, Rehovot, Israel [free text]

287

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Graves’ Disease - Acceleration of Linear Growth

 

L.S. Conwell, Brisbane, Australia [free text]

289

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Assessing Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) of Tanner Staging and Orchidometer Use with Boys: A Study from PROS

 

E.J. Slora, A.B. Bocian, M.E. Herman-Giddens, D.L. Harris, S.E. Pedlow, S.A. Dowshen and

R.C. Wasserman, Elk Grove Village, IL, Chapel Hill, NC, Chicago, IL, Wilmington, DE and Burlington, VT, USA

291

 

 

Body Composition in Premature Adrenarche by Structural MRI, 1H MRS and DXA

 

N. Leibel, W. Shen, X. Mao, M. Punyanitya, D. Gallagher, M. Horlick, D.C. Shungu and

S.E. Oberfield, New York, NY andBethesda, MD, USA

301

 

 

Normal Adult Height Among Girls Treated for Central Precocious Puberty with Gonadotropin-Releasing

Hormone Analog Therapy

 

Z.M. Nabhan, L.K. St-Dennis Feezle, A.R. Kunselman, N.B. Johnson and

P.A. Lee, Indianopolis, IN and Hershey, PA, USA

309

 

 

Etiological Factors for the Persistence of Endemic Goiter in Selected Areas of Siddharthnagar District in

Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

 

A.K. Chandra, A. Bhattacharjee, T. Malik and S. Ghosh, Calcutta and Gorakhpur, India and Bhairahawa, Nepal

317

 

 

Excessive Iodine Intake and Ultrasonographic Thyroid Abnormalities in Schoolchildren

 

G.C. Duarte, E.K. Tomimori, R.Y.A. de Camargo, R.M. Catarino, J.E. Ferreira, M. Knobel and

G. Medeiros-Neto, São Paulo, Brazil

327

 

 

Higher Frequency of Screening TSH Above 5 mIU/l in Infants Likely Exposed to Higher Doses of

Iodine-containing Skin Antiseptic: Implications for Assessment of Iodine Sufficiency

 

H. Tahirovic, A. Toromanovic and S. Grbic, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

335

 

 

Evolution of Sonographic Appearance of the Thyroid Gland in Children with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

 

E. Vlachopapadopoulou, D. Thomas, F. Karachaliou, F. Chatzimarkou, L. Memalai1,

M. Vakaki, P. Kaldrymides and S. Michalacos, Athens and Piraeus, Greece

339

 

 

Metabolic Abnormalities in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children: Two-Year Follow-up

 

J.C. Krause, M.P. Toye, D.J. Fisher, B.W. Stechenberg, E.O. Reiter and H.F. Allen, Nashville, TN and Springfield, MA, USA

345

 

 

Can the Insulin Sensitivity Index (ISI) in Association with Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding

Protein-1 Identify Insulin Resistance Early in Overweight Children?

 

A.C. Malaquias, P.C. Bezzan, R. Montenegro Jr., J.C. Daneluzzi, R.G. Ricco, L.A. Del Ciampo, I.S. Ferraz,

J. Elias Jr., A.L.C. Martinelli and C.E. Martinelli Jr., Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

353

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Cushing’s Syndrome Due to a Non-Adrenal Ectopic Adrenocorticotropin-Secreting Ewing’s Sarcoma in a Child

 

T. Guran, S. Turan, B. Ozkan, S.G. Berrak, C. Canpolat, T. Dagli, F.S. Eren and A. Bereket, Istanbul and Erzurum, Turkey

363

 

 

Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a Perinatally HIV Infected Patient with a Well-Preserved Immune System

 

R. Bargman, A. Freedman, M. Vogiatzi and R. Motaghedi, New York, USA [free text]

369

 

 

Evolving Diagnosis of McCune-Albright Syndrome. Atypical Presentation and Follow up

 

Y. Nóvoa Medina and R. Rapaport, New York, USA

373

 

 

Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis as the Initial Presentation of Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 

 

T.C.M.V. Robazzi, C. Alves and M. Mendonça, Bahia, Brazil

379

 

 

CALENDAR

385