JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

 

VOLUME 22, NUMBER 7

JULY 2009

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

 

Vitamins and Trace Elements are Important for the Integrity of the Endocrine System

 

Z. Zadik, Rehovot, Israel [free text]

579

 

 

REVIEW

 

Pleiotropic Genetic Syndromes with Developmental Abnormalities Associated with Obesity

 

E. Kousta, C.G. Hadjiathanasiou, G. Tolis and A. Papathanasiou, Athens, Greece [free text]

581

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Short Child with Interesting Hand Radiograph

 

K.V.S. Hari Kumar, K.D. Modi and B. Ramasubba Rayudu, Hyderabad, India [free text]

593

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Kung Fu Training for Metabolic Health in Overweight/Obese Adolescents:
The “Martial Fitness” Study

 

T.W. Tsang, M. Kohn, C.M. Chow and M. Fiatarone Singh, Sydney and Westmead, Australia and Boston, MA, USA

595

 

 

Accuracy of Self-assessed Tanner Staging Against Hormonal Assessment of Sexual Maturation in Overweight African-American Children

 

A. Raman, R.H. Lustig, M. Fitch and S.E. Fleming, Berkeley and San Francisco, CA, USA [free text]

609

 

 

A Stepwise Increase in Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Dosing During Puberty Achieves Improved Pubertal Growth:
A National Cooperative Growth Study Report

 

L. Riddick, C. Alter, D.A. Davis, J. Frane, B. Lippe and B. Bakker, Albany, NY, Philadelphia, PA and South San Francisco, CA, USA [free text]

623

 

 

Importance of Leuprolide Acetate Variable Dosing for Precocious Puberty: A Range of Acceptable Suppression

 

D. Cohen, M. Janfaza and K.O. Klein, San Diego, CA, USA

629

 

 

Glycation and Lipid Peroxidation in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus With and Without Diabetic Complications

 

J. Kostolanská, V. Jakuš and Ľ. Barák, Bratislava, Slovakia

635

 

 

Hepatocyte Growth Factor is Elevated in Obese Adolescents

 

C. Jung, M. Fritzenwanger, N. Fischer and H.R. Figulla, Jena, Germany

645

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Pituitary Enlargement in Patients with PROP1 Gene Inactivating Mutation Represents Cystic Hyperplasia of the Intermediate Pituitary Lobe. Histopathology and Over 10 Years Follow-up of Two Patients

 

A. Zygmunt-Górska, J. Starzyk, D. Adamek, E. Radwańska, P. Sucharski, I. Herman-Sucharska and J.J. Pietrzyk, Krakow, Poland

653

 

 

Improved Diabetic Control During Oral Sulfonylurea Treatment in Two Children with Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus

 

W.-H. Ting, C.-Y. Huang, F.-S. Lo, H.-C. Lee, C.-L. Lin, W.-L. Guo and Y.-J Lee, Taipei and Taoyuai, Taiwan

661

 

 

Donohue Syndrome in a Neonate with Homozygous Deletion of Exon 3 of the Insulin Receptor Gene

 

S. Unal, Z. Aycan, D.J. Halsall, A.E. Kibar, S. Eker and E. Ozaydin, Ankara, Turkey and Cambridge, UK

669

 

 

CALENDAR

675