JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 23, NUMBER 8

AUGUST 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
Selection of Elite Athletes, Hormones and Genes (see Elikaim, et al. p.755-758)
Z. Zadik, Rehovot, Israel [free text]	741
REVIEW
Association of Serum Adiponectin Levels with Artherosclerosis and the Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Children
Yun-Ling Liu, Jinan, China [free text]	743
IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Septo-optic Dysplasia
N.A. Choh, S.A. Choh, R.Y. Khanday, M. Jehangir, Srinagar PIN [free text]	753
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Hyperandrogenism among Elite Adolescent Female Athletes
A. Eliakim, N. Marom, L. Galitskaya, D. Nemet, Tel Aviv and Netanya, Israel	755
Confirmation of Neonatal Screening: Reference Intervals and Evaluation of Methodological Changes in TSH Measurement
G. Fideleff, M.G. Suárez, P.G.V. Sobrado, M.L. Celadilla, M. Mardyks, C.C. Rodriguez, A. Jelen, H.R. Boquete,
H.L. Fideleff, Buenos Aires, Argentina	759
Antihyperlipidemic Agents Cause a Decrease in von Willebrand Factor Levels in Pediatric Patients with Familial Hyperlipidemia
S.S. Yalçin, B. Güneş, Ş. Üna, F. Gümrük, T. Coşkun, Ankara, Turkey	765
GHR and VDR Genes do not Contribute to the Growth Hormone (GH) Response in GH Deficient and Turner Syndrome Patients
F. Álvarez-Nava, H. Marcano, T. Pardo, M. Paoli, P. Gunczler, M. Soto, J. Villalobos, R. Lanes, Maracaibo, Venezuela	773
Is BaF3 Bioassay Useful to Identify Patients with Bioinactive Growth Hormone?
S. Pagani, E.A. Chaler, C. Meazza, M. Maceiras, M.E. Gonzalez, M.A. Rivarola, F. Cantoni, P. Travaglino,
L. Della Croce, K. Laarej, M. Bozzola, A. Belgorosky, Pavia, Italy	783
Genital Surgery for Disorders of Sex Development: Implementing a Shared Decision-Making Approach
K. Karkazis, A. Tamar-Mattis, A.A. Kon, Palo Alto and Sacramento, CA, USA	789
Mean Platelet Volume in Obese Adolescents with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
N. Arslan, B. Makay, Izmir, Turkey	807
Congenital Hypothyroidism: Etiology
V.M.A. Dias, A.P.C.B. Campos, A.J. Chagas, R.M. Silva, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	815
PATIENT REPORT LETTERS
Familial Hyperinsulinism-Hyperammonemia Syndrome in a Family with Seizures: Case Report
J. de las Heras, I. Garin, G.P. de Nanclares, A. Aguayo, I. Rica, L. Castaño, A. Vela, Vizcaya, Spain	827
Genital Sanguineous Discharge in Prepuberty: a Case of Mullerian Papilloma of Vagina in a 9 Year-Old Girl
S. Tumini, S. Carinci, M.T. Anzellotti, P.L. Lelli Chiesa, C. Rossi, L. Stuppia, S. Bertelloni, F. Chiarelli, Pisa, Italy	831
Glycogen Storage Disease Type III with Hypoketosis
M. Clemente, M. Gussinyer, J.A. Arranz, E. Riudor, D. Yeste, M. Albisu, A. Carrascosa, Barcelona, Spain	833
McCune-Albright Syndrome (MAS): Early and Extensive Bone Fibrous Dysplasia Involvement and “Mistaken Identity” Oophorectomy
Z. Gucev, V. Tasic, A. Jancevska, M. Krstevska-Konstantinova, N. Pop-Jordanova, Skopje, Macedonia	837
Two New Unrelated Cases of Hereditary 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D-resistant Rickets with Alopecia resulting from the same Novel Nonsense Mutation in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene
N. Forghani, C. Lum, S. Krishnan, J. Wang. D.M. Wilson, P.R. Blackett, P.J. Malloy, D. Feldman, Stanford and Sacramento, CA, and Oklahoma City, OK, all USA [free text]	843
CALENDAR	851

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