Articles listed in blue may be of special interest to clinicians.

Special Articles:

Peter N. Schlegel and Sarah K. Girardi

CLINICAL REVIEW 87: In Vitro Fertilization for Male Factor Infertility
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 709-716. [Full Text]  

Markus J. Seibel and Simon P. Robins

EDITORIAL: Serum Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin and the Risk of Hip Fracture
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 717-718. [Full Text]  

Robert Marcus M.D. and Gerald M. Reaven M.D.

EDITORIAL: Growth Hormone—Ready for Prime Time?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 725-726. [Full Text]  

Diego Russo, Salvatore Tumino, Franco Arturi, Paolo Vigneri, Giuseppe Grasso, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Sebastiano Filetti, and Antonino Belfiore

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Detection of an Activating Mutation of the Thyrotropin Receptor in a Case of an Autonomously Hyperfunctioning Thyroid Insular Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 735-738. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Studies:

P. Vergnaud, P. Garnero, P. J. Meunier, G. Bréart, K. Kamihagi, and P. D. Delmas

Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin Measured with a Specific Immunoassay Predicts Hip Fracture in Elderly Women: The EPIDOS Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 719-724. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gudmundur Johannsson, Per Mårin, Lars Lönn, Malin Ottosson, Kaj Stenlöf, Per Björntorp, Lars Sjöström, and Bengt-Åke Bengtsson

Growth Hormone Treatment of Abdominally Obese Men Reduces Abdominal Fat Mass, Improves Glucose and Lipoprotein Metabolism, and Reduces Diastolic Blood Pressure
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 727-734. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Siddiqi, J. M. Burrin, K. Noonan, I. James, D. F. Wood, C. P. Price, and J. P. Monson

A Longitudinal Study of Markers of Bone Turnover in Graves’ Disease and Their Value in Predicting Bone Mineral Density
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 753-759. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jennifer C. Lovejoy, Steven R. Smith, George A. Bray, James P. DeLany, Jennifer C. Rood, Drew Gouvier, Marlene Windhauser, Donna H. Ryan, Raul Macchiavelli, and Richard Tulley

A Paradigm of Experimentally Induced Mild Hyperthyroidism: Effects on Nitrogen Balance, Body Composition, and Energy Expenditure in Healthy Young Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 765-770. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Henryk Zulewski, Beat Müller, Pascale Exer, André R. Miserez, and Jean-Jacques Staub

Estimation of Tissue Hypothyroidism by a New Clinical Score: Evaluation of Patients with Various Grades of Hypothyroidism and Controls
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 771-776. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dimitrios N. Melegos, He Yu, Mala Ashok, Chun Wang, Frank Stanczyk, and Eleftherios P. Diamandis

Prostate-Specific Antigen in Female Serum, a Potential New Marker of Androgen Excess
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 777-780. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Samaras, T. D. Spector, T. V. Nguyen, K. Baan, L. V. Campbell, and P. J. Kelly

Independent Genetic Factors Determine the Amount and Distribution of Fat in Women after the Menopause
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 781-785. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valerie Pruneta, Philippe Moulin, Florence Labrousse, Pierre-Jean Bondon, Gabriel Ponsin, and Francois Berthezene

Characterization of a New Case of Autoimmune Type I Hyperlipidemia: Long-Term Remission under Immunosuppressive Therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 791-796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elisabeth J. Nye, Gregory I. Hockings, Jeffery E. Grice, David J. Torpy, Margaret M. Walters, Georgina V. Crosbie, Monica Wagenaar, Michael Cooper, and Richard V. Jackson

Aspirin Inhibits Vasopressin-Induced Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Activity in Normal Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 812-817. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefan K. G. Grebe, Russell R. Cooke, Henry C. Ford, Jocelyn N. Fagerström, Diane P. Cordwell, Nigel A. Lever, Gordon L. Purdie, and Colin M. Feek

Treatment of Hypothyroidism with Once Weekly Thyroxine
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 870-875. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Yvonne E. M. Snel, Robert-Jan M. Brummer, and Hans P. F. Koppeschaar

Deuterium and Bromide Dilution, and Bioimpedance Spectrometry Independently Show That Growth Hormone-Deficient Adults Have an Enlarged Extracellular Water Compartment Related to Intracellular Water
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 907-911. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lorah D. Dorn, Ellen S. Burgess, Theodore C. Friedman, Billinda Dubbert, Philip W. Gold, and George P. Chrousos

The Longitudinal Course of Psychopathology in Cushing’s Syndrome after Correction of Hypercortisolism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 912-919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Corrado Betterle, Marina Volpato, Bernard Rees Smith, Jadwiga Furmaniak, Shu Chen, Nella A. Greggio, Maria Sanzari, Francesco Tedesco, Beniamino Pedini, Marco Boscaro, and Fabio Presotto

I. Adrenal Cortex and Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Autoantibodies in Adult Patients with Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases: Markers of Low Progression to Clinical Addison’s Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 932-938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Research Center Studies:

Samer S. El-Deiry, Sakkubai Naidu, Lewis S. Blevins, and Paul W. Ladenson

Assessment of Adrenal Function in Women Heterozygous for Adrenoleukodystrophy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 856-860. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean G. Henry, Maryann Mitnick, Pamela R. Dann, and Andrew F. Stewart

Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein-(1–36) Is Biologically Active When Administered Subcutaneously to Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 900-906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark R. Burge, Debra L. Waters, John H. Holcombe, and David S. Schade

Prolonged Efficacy of Short Acting Insulin Lispro in Combination with Human Ultralente in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 920-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endocrinological Oncology:

Jonathan Yavelow, Anna Tuccillo, Susan S. Kadner, Joseph Katz, and Thomas H. Finlay

₁-Antitrypsin Blocks the Release of Transforming Growth Factor- from MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 745-752. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nicholas J. Sarlis, Françoise Brucker-Davis, John L. Doppman, and Monica C. Skarulis

MRI-Demonstrable Regression of a Pituitary Mass in a Case of Primary Hypothyroidism after a Week of Acute Thyroid Hormone Therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 808-811. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. S. Bates, W. E. Farrell, E. J. Bicknell, A. M. McNicol, A. J. Talbot, J. C. Broome, C. W. Perrett, R. V. Thakker, and R. N. Clayton

Allelic Deletion in Pituitary Adenomas Reflects Aggressive Biological Activity and Has Potential Value as a Prognostic Marker
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 818-824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Opocher, Stefano Rocco, Margherita Cimolato, Barbara Vianello, Giorgio Arnaldi, and Franco Mantero

Angiotensin II Receptors in Cortical and Medullary Adrenal Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 865-869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annamaria Colao, Antonella Di Sarno, Francesca Sarnacchiaro, Diego Ferone, Gianfranco Di Renzo, Bartolomeo Merola, Lucio Annunziato, and Gaetano Lombardi

Prolactinomas Resistant to Standard Dopamine Agonists Respond to Chronic Cabergoline Treatment
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 876-883. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Murat Faik Erdogan, Sevim Güllü, Nilgün Baskal, Ali Riza Uysal, Nuri Kamel, and Gürbüz i Erdogan

Omeprazole: Calcitonin Stimulation Test for the Diagnosis Follow-Up and Family Screening in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 897-899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long Jin, Xiang Qian, Elzbieta Kulig, Bernard W. Scheithauer, Rocio Calle-Rodrigue, Charles Abboud, Dudley H. Davis, Kalman Kovacs, and Ricardo V. Lloyd

Prolactin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Normal and Neoplastic Human Pituitary Tissues
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 963-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Experimental Studies:

Vladimir Stich, Isabelle Harant, Isabelle De Glisezinski, Francois Crampes, Michel Berlan, Marie Kunesova, Vojtech Hainer, Michele Dauzats, Daniel Rivière, Michel Garrigues, Cecilia Holm, Max Lafontan, and Dominique Langin

Adipose Tissue Lipolysis and Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Expression during Very-Low-Calorie Diet in Obese Female Identical Twins
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 739-744. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Corné A. M. Roelen, Hans P. F. Koppeschaar, Wouter R. de Vries, Yvonne E. M. Snel, Manorath E. Doerga, Pierre M. J. Zelissen, Jos H. H. Thijssen, and Marinus A. Blankenstein

Visceral Adipose Tissue Is Associated with Circulating High Affinity Growth Hormone-Binding Protein
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 760-764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. J. Balks, J. J. Holst, A. von zur Mühlen, and G. Brabant

Rapid Oscillations in Plasma Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) in Humans: Cholinergic Control of GLP-1 Secretion via Muscarinic Receptors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 786-790. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Judith T. Schanke, Christine M. Conwell, Maureen Durning, Jennifer M. Fisher, and Thaddeus G. Golos

Pit-1/Growth Hormone Factor 1 Splice Variant Expression in the Rhesus Monkey Pituitary Gland and the Rhesus and Human Placenta
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 800-807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Fery, L. Plat, M. Baleriaux, and E. O. Balasse

Inhibition of Lipolysis Stimulates Whole Body Glucose Production and Disposal in Normal Postabsorptive Subjects
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 825-830. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fernando Gamarra, Gunter Simic-Schleicher, Rudolf M. Huber, Axel Ulsenheimer, Peter C. Scriba, Ursula Kuhnle, and Martin Wehling

Impaired Rapid Mineralocorticoid Action on Free Intracellular Calcium in Pseudohypoaldosteronism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 831-834. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dennis R. Stewart, Marlena S. Erikson, Mark E. Erikson, Steven T. Nakajima, James W. Overstreet, Bill L. Lasley, Edward P. Amento, and Markku Seppala

The Role of Relaxin in Glycodelin Secretion
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 839-846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eddine Merabet, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, Daniel W. Coyne, Samuel Klein, Julio V. Santiago, S. Paul Hmiel, and Michael Landt

Increased Plasma Leptin Concentration in End-Stage Renal Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 847-850. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Iervasi, A. Clerico, A. Pilo, F. Vitek, S. Berti, C. Palmieri, M. Ravani, L. Sabatino, C. Manfredi, M. G. Del Chicca, A. Biagini, and L. Donato

Evidence That Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Tissue Extraction Is Not Changed by Large Increases in Its Plasma Levels Induced by Pacing in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 884-888. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jin Guo, Juan Carlos Jaume, Basil Rapoport, and Sandra M. McLachlan

Recombinant Thyroid Peroxidase-Specific Fab Converted to Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Molecules: Evidence for Thyroid Cell Damage by IgG1, but Not IgG4, Autoantibodies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 925-931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jian Tu and Bernard E. Tuch

Expression of Glucokinase in Glucose-Unresponsive Human Fetal Pancreatic Islet-Like Cell Clusters
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 943-948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sheri Hild-Petito and Asgerally T. Fazleabas

Expression of Steroid Receptors and Steroidogenic Enzymes in the Baboon (Papio anubis) Corpus Luteum during the Menstrual Cycle and Early Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 955-962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rafael Luboshitzky, Muralee Dharan, Dalia Goldman, Yehuda Hiss, Paula Herer, and Peretz Lavie

COMMENTS: Immunohistochemical Localization of Gonadotropin and Gonadal Steroid Receptors in Human Pineal Glands
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 977-981. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pediatric Endocrinology:

P. C. Ng, G. W. K. Wong, C. W. K. Lam, C. H. Lee, M. Y. Wong, T. F. Fok, W. Wong, and D. C. F. Chan

The Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Exogenous Human Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Preterm, Very Low Birth Weight Infants
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 797-799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Magnar Gunnes, Jens P. Berg, Johan Halse, and Egil H. Lehmann

Lack of Relationship between Vitamin D Receptor Genotype and Forearm Bone Gain in Healthy Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 851-855. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sandro Loche, Annamaria Colao, Marco Cappa, Jaele Bellone, Gianluca Aimaretti, Giovanni Farello, Antonella Faedda, Gaetano Lombardi, Romano Deghenghi, and Ezio Ghigo

The Growth Hormone Response to Hexarelin in Children: Reproducibility and Effect of Sex Steroids
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 861-864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Corrado Betterle, Marina Volpato, Bernard Rees Smith, Jadwiga Furmaniak, Shu Chen, Renato Zanchetta, Nella A. Greggio, Beniamino Pedini, Marco Boscaro, and Fabio Presotto

II. Adrenal Cortex and Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Autoantibodies in Children with Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases: Markers of High Progression to Clinical Addison’s Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 939-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Endocrinology:

P. Florio, R. J. Woods, A. R. Genazzani, P. J. Lowry, and F. Petraglia

Changes in Amniotic Fluid Immunoreactive Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) and CRF-Binding Protein Levels in Pregnant Women at Term and during Labor
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 835-838. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. M. Robertson, N. Cahir, J. K. Findlay, H. G. Burger, and N. Groome

The Biological and Immunological Characterization of Inhibin A and B Forms in Human Follicular Fluid and Plasma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 889-896. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott Kauma, Natalie Hayes, and Shannon Weatherford

The Differential Expression of Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Met in Human Placenta
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 949-954. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claudia A. van Meir, Stephen G. Matthews, Marc J. N. C. Keirse, Mildred M. Ramirez, Alan Bocking, and John R. G. Challis

15-Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenase: Implications in Preterm Labor with and without Ascending Infection
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 969-976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

David J. Torpy, Dimitris A. Papanicolaou, and George P. Chrousos

Sexual Dimorphism of the Human Stress Response May Be Due to Estradiol-Mediated Stimulation of Hypothalamic Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Synthesis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 982-984. [Full Text]  

S. J. Rosenbloom

Evaluation and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 982a-983. [Full Text]  

Shonni J. Silverberg, MD, and John P. Bilezikian

Evaluation and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism—Author’s Response
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 983. [Full Text]  

H. Ruben Harach and E. Dillwyn Williams

Thyroid Medullary Carcinoma Occurring Laterally in the Neck
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 983a-984. [Full Text]  

L. Santini, C. Scurini, C. Caracò, G. Gonzo, P. Orabona, G. deRosa, O. Fattoruso, and V. Colantuoni

Thyroid Medullary Carcinoma Occurring Laterally in the Neck—Author’s Response
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 82: 984. [Full Text]  

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