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Special Articles:

Terry F. Davies: EDITORIAL: Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Genes Come in Many Styles and Colors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3391-3393. [Full Text]

John T. Dunn: EDITORIAL: What’s Happening to Our Iodine?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3398-3400. [Full Text]

Shlomo Melmed: EDITORIAL: Tight Control of Growth Hormone: An Attainable Outcome for Acromegaly Treatment
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3409-3410. [Full Text]

Michael D. Brennan, Kim M. Miner, and Robert A. Rizza: PROFILES OF THE ENDOCRINE CLINIC: The Mayo Clinic
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3427-3434. [Full Text]

Shalender Bhasin: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: I. Introduction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3435-3436. [Full Text]

C. J. Bagatell and W. J. Bremner: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: II. Changes in Reproductive Hormones During the Aging Process
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3436. [Full Text]

S. R. Plymate: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: III. Which Testosterone Assay Should Be Used In Older Men?¹
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3436a-3438. [Full Text]

J. Lisa Tenover: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: IV. Can Replacement Doses of Testosterone Produce Clinically Meaningful Changes in Body Composition in Older Men?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3439-3440. [Full Text]

C. J. Bagatell and W. J. Bremner: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: V. The Effects of Aging and Testosterone on Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3440-3441. [Full Text]

Stanley G. Korenman: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: VI. A Pragmatic Approach to Androgen Replacement in Older Men: Risks vs. Benefits
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3441-3443. [Full Text]

Eberhard Nieschlag: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: VII. If Testosterone, Which Testosterone? Which Androgen Regimen Should be Used for Supplementation in Older Men? Formulation, Dosing, and Monitoring Issues
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3443-3445. [Full Text]

Shalender Bhasin: THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVE: VIII. Conclusion—Research Design Issues in Examining the Effects of Testosterone Supplementation in Older Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3445-3448. [Full Text]

Ralph R. Kazer: BOOK REVIEW: Androgen Excess Disorders in Women, edited by R. A. Azziz, J. E. Nestler, and D. Dewailly, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, (Philadelphia; 1997, 831 pages)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3449. [Full Text]

Sophie Christin-Maitre, Catherine Rongières-Bertrand, Marie-Laure Kottler, Najiba Lahlou, René Frydman, Philippe Touraine, and Philippe Bouchard: CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: A Spontaneous and Severe Hyperstimulation of the Ovaries Revealing a Gonadotroph Adenoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3450-3453. [Abstract] [Full Text]

P. Petrossians, P. Delvenne, P. Flandroy, P. Jopart, A. Stevenaert, and A. Beckers: CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: An Unusual Pituitary Pathology
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3454-3458. [Full Text]

From the Clinical Research Centers:

Ayse Pinar Cemeroglu, Gad B. Kletter, Wensheng Guo, Morton B. Brown, Robert P. Kelch, John C. Marshall, Vasantha Padmanabhan, and Carol M. Foster: In Pubertal Girls, Naloxone Fails to Reverse the Suppression of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by Estradiol
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3501-3506. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Original Studies:

Joanne M. Heward, Amit Allahabadia, Jacquie Daykin, Jackie Carr-Smith, Angela Daly, Mary Armitage, Paul M. Dodson, Michael C. Sheppard, Anthony H. Barnett, Jayne A. Franklyn, and Stephen C. L. Gough: Linkage Disequilibrium between the Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Region of the Major Histocompatibility Complex and Graves’ Disease: Replication Using a Population Case Control and Family-Based Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3394-3397. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Joseph G. Hollowell, Norman W. Staehling, W. Harry Hannon, Dana W. Flanders, Elaine W. Gunter, Glen F. Maberly, Lewis E. Braverman, Sam Pino, Dayton T. Miller, Paul L. Garbe, David M. DeLozier, and Richard J. Jackson: Iodine Nutrition in the United States. Trends and Public Health Implications: Iodine Excretion Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys I and III (1971–1974 and 1988–1994)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3401-3408. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Aviva Abosch, J. Blake Tyrrell, Kathleen R. Lamborn, Lisa T. Hannegan, Carol B. Applebury, and Charles B. Wilson: Transsphenoidal Microsurgery for Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Initial Outcome and Long-Term Results
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3411-3418. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Brooke Swearingen, Fred G. Barker, II, Laurence Katznelson, Beverly M. K. Biller, Steven Grinspoon, Anne Klibanski, Nicole Moayeri, Peter McL. Black, and Nicholas T. Zervas: Long-Term Mortality after Transsphenoidal Surgery and Adjunctive Therapy for Acromegaly
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3419-3426. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Michael J. Econs, Nancy E. Friedman, Peter S. N. Rowe, Marcy C. Speer, Fiona Francis, Tim M. Strom, Claudine Oudet, John A. Smith, James T. Ninomiya, Benjamin E. Lee, and Heather Bergen: A PHEX Gene Mutation Is Responsible for Adult-Onset Vitamin D-Resistant Hypophosphatemic Osteomalacia: Evidence That the Disorder Is Not a Distinct Entity from X-Linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3459-3462. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mary Russell-Aulet, Brahm Shapiro, Craig A. Jaffe, Milton D. Gross, and Ariel L. Barkan: Peak Bone Mass in Young Healthy Men Is Correlated with the Magnitude of Endogenous Growth Hormone Secretion
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3463-3468. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Karen Oerter Klein, Kimberly A. Larmore, Elizabeth de Lancey, Jaquelyn M. Brown, Robert V. Considine, and Sandra G. Hassink: Effect of Obesity on Estradiol Level, and Its Relationship to Leptin, Bone Maturation, and Bone Mineral Density in Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3469-3475. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Megumi Miyakawa, Toshio Tsushima, Hitomi Murakami, Osamu Isozaki, Hiroshi Demura, and Toshiaki Tanaka: Effect of Growth Hormone (GH) on Serum Concentrations of Leptin: Study in Patients with Acromegaly and GH Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3476-3479. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Karen K. Winer, Jack A. Yanovski, Babak Sarani, and Gordon B. Cutler, Jr.: A Randomized, Cross-Over Trial of Once-Daily Versus Twice-Daily Parathyroid Hormone 1–34 in Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3480-3486. [Abstract] [Full Text]

S. Kalmijn, L. J. Launer, R. P. Stolk, F. H. de Jong, H. A. P. Pols, A. Hofman, M. M. B. Breteler, and S. W. J. Lamberts: A Prospective Study on Cortisol, Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, and Cognitive Function in the Elderly
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3487-3492. [Abstract] [Full Text]

David T. Wyatt, Neil Gesundheit, and Barry Sherman: Changes in Thyroid Hormone Levels during Growth Hormone Therapy in Initially Euthyroid Patients: Lack of Need for Thyroxine Supplementation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3493-3497. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Ivana Zavaroni, Alessandra Zuccarelli, Paola Gasparini, Paola Massironi, Angela Barilli, and Gerald M. Reaven: Can Weight Gain in Healthy, Nonobese Volunteers Be Predicted by Differences in Baseline Plasma Insulin Concentration?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3498-3500. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Stefano Laureti, Annamaria De Bellis, Vincenzo Igino Muccitelli, Filippo Calcinaro, Antonio Bizzarro, Riccardo Rossi, Antonio Bellastella, Fausto Santeusanio, and Alberto Falorni: Levels of Adrenocortical Autoantibodies Correlate with the Degree of Adrenal Dysfunction in Subjects with Preclinical Addison’s Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3507-3511. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Juliane Leger, Catherine Garel, Anne Fjellestad-Paulsen, Max Hassan, and Paul Czernichow: Human Growth Hormone Treatment of Short-Stature Children Born Small for Gestational Age: Effect on Muscle and Adipose Tissue Mass during a 3-Year Treatment Period and after 1 Year’s Withdrawal
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3512-3516. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Martin Wehling, Christoph H. Spes, Nini Win, Catherine P. Janson, Bernhard M. W. Schmidt, Karl Theisen, and Michael Christ: Rapid Cardiovascular Action of Aldosterone in Man
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3517-3522. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Juan Pablo Mendez, Raffaela Schiavon, Laura Diaz-Cueto, Ariel Ivan Ruiz, Patricia Canto, Daniela Söderlund, Vicente Diaz-Sanchez, and Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre: A Reliable Endocrine Test with Human Menopausal Gonadotropins for Diagnosis of True Hermaphroditism in Early Infancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3523-3526. [Abstract] [Full Text]

R. S. Swerdloff, C. J. Bagatell, C. Wang, B. D. Anawalt, N. Berman, B. Steiner, and W. J. Bremner: Suppression of Spermatogenesis in Man Induced by Nal-Glu Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Antagonist and Testosterone Enanthate (TE) Is Maintained by TE Alone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3527-3533. [Abstract] [Full Text]

A. Barreca, M. Bozzola, A. Cesarone, P. H. Steenbergh, P. E. Holthuizen, F. Severi, G. Giordano, and F. Minuto: Short Stature Associated with High Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-Binding Protein-1 and Low Circulating IGF-II: Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3534-3541. [Abstract] [Full Text]

W. M. Drake, L. A. Perry, C. J. Hinds, D. G. Lowe, R. H. Reznek, and G. M. Besser: Emergency and Prolonged Use of Intravenous Etomidate to Control Hypercortisolemia in a Patient with Cushing’s Syndrome and Peritonitis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3542-3544. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Claudio S. Liberman, Salvatore C. Pino, Shih Lieh Fang, Lewis E. Braverman, and Charles H. Emerson: Circulating Iodide Concentrations during and after Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3545-3549. [Abstract] [Full Text]

A. L. Ogilvy-Stuart, S. J. Hands, C. J. Adcock, J. M. P. Holly, D. R. Matthews, V. Mohamed-Ali, J. S. Yudkin, A. R. Wilkinson, and D. B. Dunger: Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (IGF-I), IGF-Binding Protein-1, Growth Hormone, and Feeding in the Newborn
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3550-3557. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Lourdes Ibáñez, Neus Potau, Inge Francois, and Francis de Zegher: Precocious Pubarche, Hyperinsulinism, and Ovarian Hyperandrogenism in Girls: Relation to Reduced Fetal Growth
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3558-3562. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Françoise Suarez, Claude Rossignol, and Michèle Garabédian: Interactive Effect of Estradiol and Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms as a Possible Determinant of Growth in Male and Female Infants
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3563-3568. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Christopher I. Ace and William C. Okulicz: A Progesterone-Induced Endometrial Homolog of a New Candidate Tumor Suppressor, DMBT1
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3569-3573. [Abstract] [Full Text]

William W. Wong, Margery Nicolson, Janice E. Stuff, Nancy F. Butte, Kenneth J. Ellis, Albert C. Hergenroeder, Rebecca B. Hill, and Elliot O. Smith: Serum Leptin Concentrations in Caucasian and African-American Girls
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3574-3577. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kunihiko Hanew, Atushi Utsumi, Aki Tanaka, Hidetoshi Ikeda, and Yutaka Yokogoshi: Secretory Mechanisms of Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Peptide-, GH-Releasing Hormone-, and Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-Induced GH Release in Patients with Acromegaly
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3578-3583. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Scott M. Smith, Jeannie L. Nillen, Adrian LeBlanc, Allan Lipton, Laurence M. Demers, Helen W. Lane, and Carolyn S. Leach: Collagen Cross-Link Excretion during Space Flight and Bed Rest
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3584-3591. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Danielle Naville, Angela Weber, Emmanuelle Genin, Philippe Durand, Adrian J. L. Clark, and Martine Bégeot: Exclusion of the Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) Receptor (MC2R) Locus in Some Families with ACTH Resistance but No Mutations of the MC2R Coding Sequence (Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency Type 2)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3592-3596. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Virginie Georget, Béatrice Térouanne, Serge Lumbroso, Jean-Claude Nicolas, and Charles Sultan: Trafficking of Androgen Receptor Mutants Fused to Green Fluorescent Protein: A New Investigation of Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3597-3603. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Gisah A. Carvalho, Roy E. Weiss, and Samuel Refetoff: Complete Thyroxine-Binding Globulin (TBG) Deficiency Produced by a Mutation in Acceptor Splice Site Causing Frameshift and Early Termination of Translation (TBG-Kankakee)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3604-3608. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Shigeo Yura, Norimasa Sagawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Hiroko Mise, Tsunekazu Matsumoto, Ken Ebihara, Shingo Fujii, and Kazuwa Nakao: Augmentation of Leptin Synthesis and Secretion Through Activation of Protein Kinases A and C in Cultured Human Trophoblastic Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3609-3614. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Peter H. Dixon, Paul T. Christie, Carol Wooding, Dorothy Trump, Marvin Grieff, Ingrid Holm, Joseph M. Gertner, Jorg Schmidtke, Binita Shah, Nicholas Shaw, Colin Smith, Christina Tau, David Schlessinger, Michael P. Whyte, and Rajesh V. Thakker: Mutational Analysis of PHEX Gene in X-Linked Hypophosphatemia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3615-3623. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Márta Korbonits, Richard A. Jacobs, Simon J. B. Aylwin, Jacky M. Burrin, Patricia L. M. Dahia, John P. Monson, Jürgen Honegger, Rudolf Fahlbush, Peter J. Trainer, Shern L. Chew, G. Michael Besser, and Ashley B. Grossman: Expression of the Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor in Pituitary Adenomas and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3624-3630. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Diana L. Learoyd, Marinella Messina, Jan Zedenius, Ana I. Guinea, Leigh W. Delbridge, and Bruce G. Robinson: RET/PTC and RET Tyrosine Kinase Expression in Adult Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3631-3635. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Matthias Watzka, Stephan Steckelbroeck, Lucia Wickert, Johannes Schramm, Gabriela Romalo, Dietrich Klingmüller, and Hans-Udo Schweikert: Expression of 5 ${alpha}$ -Reductase in the Human Temporal Lobe of Children and Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3636-3642. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Alessandra Cassio, Emanuele Cacciari, Antonio Balsamo, Cristina Colli, Andrea Pasini, Gian Paolo Salvioli, Marcello Lanari, Rosaria de Iasio, Stefano Boschi, and Piero Pirazzoli: Low Growth Hormone-Binding Protein in Infants with Congenital Hypothyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3643-3646. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Todd Rosen, Graciela Krikun, Yuehong Ma, En-Yu Wang, Charles J. Lockwood, and Seth Guller: Chronic Antagonism of Nuclear Factor- ${kappa}$ B Activity in Cytotrophoblasts by Dexamethasone: A Potential Mechanism for Antiinflammatory Action of Glucocorticoids in Human Placenta
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3647-3652. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Aban Kadva, Ovrang Djahanbakhch, John Monson, Wei Li Di, and Robert Silman: Elevated Nocturnal Melatonin Is a Consequence of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Deficiency in Women with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3653-3662. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Pablo F. Catalina, Federico Mallo, M. Amelia Andrade, Ricardo V. García-Mayor, and Carlos Diéguez: Growth Hormone (GH) Response to GH-Releasing Peptide-6 in Type 1 Diabetic Patients with Exaggerated GH-Releasing Hormone-Stimulated GH Secretion
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3663-3667. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Masaharu Narimatsu, Yuji Nagayama, Kozo Akino, Masako Yasuda, Toshinori Yamamoto, Ting-ting Yang, Akira Ohtsuru, Hiroyuki Namba, Shunichi Yamashita, Hiroyoshi Ayabe, and Masami Niwa: Therapeutic Usefulness of Wild-Type p53 Gene Introduction in a p53-Null Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Line
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3668-3672. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mario Vitale, Tiziana Di Matola, Gianfranco Fenzi, Maddalena Illario, and Guido Rossi: Fibronectin Is Required to Prevent Thyroid Cell Apoptosis through an Integrin-Mediated Adhesion Mechanism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3673-3680. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Yasuhiro Ohno, Mika Fujimoto, Akiyoshi Nishimura, and Norihiko Aoki: Change of Peripheral Levels of Pituitary Hormones and Cytokines after Injection of Interferon (IFN)-ß in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3681-3687. [Abstract] [Full Text]

William L. Gitomer, Berenice Y. Reed, Lisa A. Ruml, Khashayar Sakhaee, and Charles Y. C. Pak: Mutations in the Genomic Deoxyribonucleic Acid for SLC3A1 in Patients with Cystinuria
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3688-3694. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Jennifer S. Gell, Bruce R. Carr, Hironobu Sasano, Baron Atkins, Linda Margraf, J. Ian Mason, and William E. Rainey: Adrenarche Results from Development of a 3ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase-Deficient Adrenal Reticularis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3695-3701. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Luisa Dalla Valle, Annalisa Ramina, Silvia Vianello, Ambrogio Fassina, Paola Belvedere, and Lorenzo Colombo: Potential for Estrogen Synthesis and Action in Human Normal and Neoplastic Thyroid Tissues
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3702-3709. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Junji Takeyama, Hironobu Sasano, Takashi Suzuki, Kazuie Iinuma, Hiroshi Nagura, and Stefan Andersson: 17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Types 1 and 2 in Human Placenta: An Immunohistochemical Study with Correlation to Placental Development
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3710-3715. [Abstract] [Full Text]

V. L. Clifton, J. F. Telfer, A. J. Thompson, I. T. Cameron, T. G. Teoh, S. J. Lye, and J. R. G. Challis: Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides Are Present in Human Myometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3716-3721. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Alessandro Peri, Csilla Krausz, Federica Cioppi, Simone Granchi, Gianni Forti, Sandro Francavilla, and Mario Serio: Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate-Responsive Element Modulator Gene Expression in Germ Cells of Normo- and Oligoazoospermic Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3722-3726. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Christa Flück, Johnny Deladoey, Kuno Rutishauser, Andrée Eblé, ULRICH Marti, Wei Wu, and Primus E. Mullis: Phenotypic Variability in Familial Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency Caused by a PROP1 Gene Mutation Resulting in the Substitution of Arg $->$ Cys at Codon 120 (R120C)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3727-3734. [Abstract] [Full Text]

H. Vierhapper, P. Nowotny, and W. Waldhäusl: COMMENTS: Unchanged Testosterone Production Rates in Growth Hormone-Treated Healthy Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3735-3736. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Rapid Communications:

A. Hinney, I. Becker, O. Heibült, K. Nottebom, A. Schmidt, A. Ziegler, H. Mayer, W. Siegfried, W. F. Blum, H. Remschmidt, and J. Hebebrand: Systematic Mutation Screening of the Pro-Opiomelanocortin Gene: Identification of Several Genetic Variants Including Three Different Insertions, One Nonsense and Two Missense Point Mutations in Probands of Different Weight Extremes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3737-3741. [Abstract] [Full Text]

B. Laferrère, S. K. Fried, K. Hough, S. A. Campbell, J. Thornton, and F. X. Pi-Sunyer: Synergistic Effects of Feeding and Dexamethasone on Serum Leptin Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3742-3745. [Abstract] [Full Text]

J. C. Reubi, A. Kappeler, B. Waser, A. Schonbrunn, and J. Laissue: Immunohistochemical Localization of Somatostatin Receptor sst2A in Human Pancreatic Islets
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3746-3749. [Abstract] [Full Text]

N. A. Bridges, P. C. Hindmarsh, P. J. Pringle, J. W. Honour, and C. G. D. Brook: Cortisol, Androstenedione (A4), Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate (DHEAS) and 17 Hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) Responses to Low Doses of (1-24)ACTH
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3750-3753. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Letters to the Editor:

Etienne Leygue, Helmut Dotzlaw, Biao Lu, Cheryl Glor, Peter H. Watson, and Leigh C. Murphy: Estrogen Receptor ß: Mine Is Longer Than Yours?^a
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3754-3755. [Full Text]

Howard E. Kulin and James M. Hammond: Coming of Age in Endocrinology^b
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3755. [Full Text]

Thomas Remer and Annette Neubert: A Never-Ending Story of an Insufficient Iodine Status Without Mandatory Iodization of Foods?—A German Experience^c
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3755a-3756. [Full Text]

Miklós Tóth, Károly Rácz, and Edit Gláz: Increased Plasma 17-Hydroxyprogesterone Response to ACTH in Patients with Nonhyperfunctioning Adrenal Adenomas Is Not Due to a Deficiency in 21-Hydroxylase Activity^d
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3756-3757. [Full Text]

Moira A. Petit, Christine L. Hitchcock, Jerilynn C. Prior, Susan I. Barr, Yvette M. Vigna, and Heather A. McKay: Ovulation and Spinal Bone Mineral Density^e
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3757-3758. [Full Text]

Mary Jane De Souza, Brian E. Miller, Anthony A. Luciano, Steven Stier, Sidney Ulreich, and Jean Weigert: Ovulation and Spine Bone Mineral Density—Author’s Response^f
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3758. [Full Text]

Salvatore Minisola, Rossana Rosso, and Elisabetta Romagnoli: Comment on Marked Improvement in Bone Mass after Parathyroidectomy in Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica^g
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3758a-3760. [Full Text]

C.A.M. Kulak, S.M. Sobieszczyk, S.J. Silverberg, J.P. Bilezikian, C. Bandeira, D. Voss, and F. Bandeira: Marked Improvement in Bone Mass After Parathyroidectomy in Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica—Authors’ Response*^h
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3760-3761. [Full Text]

Seth Guller: Apoptosis and Fas Expression in Human Fetal Membranes—Authors’ Response^j
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3761-3762. [Full Text]

Stephen C. Smith: Comment on Apoptosis and Fas Expression in Human Fetal Membranesⁱ
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998 83: 3761a. [Full Text]