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

Special Articles:

Maria I. New

Editorial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4301 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4301 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inese Z. Beitins

COMMENTARY:Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Clinical Research
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4302-4306 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4302 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harvey J. Guyda

COMMENTARY:Four Decades of Growth Hormone Therapy for Short Children: What Have We Achieved?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4307-4316 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4307 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antony R. Lafferty and George P. Chrousos

COMMENTARY:Pituitary Tumors in Children and Adolescents
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4317-4323 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4317 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean D. Wilson and Claus Roehrborn

COMMENTARY:Long-Term Consequences of Castration in Men: Lessons from the Skoptzy and the Eunuchs of the Chinese and Ottoman Courts
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4324-4331 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4324 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean H. Dussault

COMMENTARY:The Anecdotal History of Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4332-4334 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4332 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Vilain, Martine Le Merrer, Claudine Lecointre, Francois Desangles, Mark A. Kay, Pierre Maroteaux, and Edward R. B. McCabe

COMMENTARY:IMAGe, a New Clinical Association of Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Metaphyseal Dysplasia, Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita, and Genital Anomalies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4335-4340 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert G. Dluhy and Richard P. Lifton

COMMENTARY:Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4341-4344 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4341 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Saenger

COMMENTARY:Growth-Promoting Strategies in Turner’s Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4345-4348 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4345 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judson J. Van Wyk and Eric P. Smith

COMMENTARY:Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Skeletal Growth: Possibilities for Therapeutic Interventions
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4349-4354 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4349 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derek Le Roith and Andrew A. Butler

COMMENTARY:Insulin-like Growth Factors in Pediatric Health and Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4355-4361 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4355 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John S. Parks, Milton R. Brown, David L. Hurley, Carol J. Phelps, and Michael P. Wajnrajch

COMMENTARY:Heritable Disorders of Pituitary Development
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4362-4370 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4362 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anjli Kukreja and Noel K. Maclaren

COMMENTARY:Autoimmunity and Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4371-4378 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erica A. Eugster and Ora H. Pescovitz

COMMENTARY:Gigantism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4379-4384 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4379 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandeep Kunwar and Charles B. Wilson

COMMENTARY:Pediatric Pituitary Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4385-4389 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4385 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simeon I. Taylor and Elif Arioglu

COMMENTARY:Genetically Defined Forms of Diabetes in Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4390-4396 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4390 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zvi Laron

COMMENTARY:The Essential Role of IGF-I: Lessons from the Long-Term Study and Treatment of Children and Adults with Laron Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4397-4404 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4397 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carole Oddoux, Encarnacion Guillen-Navarro, Claudio DiTivoli, Elvira DiCave Maria Roberta Cilio, C. Mark Clayton, Holly Nelson, Kyriakie Sarafoglou, Nicole McCain, Hava Peretz, Uri Seligsohn, Lucio Luzzatto, Khedouja Nafa, Michael Nardi, Margaret Karpatkin, Ivona Aksentijevich, Daniel Kastner, Felicia Axelrod, and Harry Ostrer

COMMENTARY:Mendelian Diseases among Roman Jews: Implications for the Origins of Disease Alleles
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4405-4409 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Marie Moisan, Marie Louise Ricketts, Véronique Tardy, Marc Desrochers, Farida Mébarki, Jean-Louis Chaussain, Sylvie Cabrol, Marie Charles Raux-Demay, Maguelone G. Forest, Wolfgang G. Sippell, Michael Peter, Yves Morel, and Jacques Simard

COMMENTARY:New Insight into the Molecular Basis of 3ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Deficiency: Identification of Eight Mutations in the HSD3B2 Gene in Eleven Patients from Seven New Families and Comparison of the Functional Properties of Twenty-Five Mutant Enzymes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4410-4425 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4410 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Cappa, Antonello E. Rigamonti, Carla Bizzarri, Ottavia Porzio, Patrizia Civolani, Silvano G. Cella, Sandro Loche, and Eugenio E. Müller

COMMENTARY:Somatostatin Infusion Withdrawal: Studies in Normal Children and in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4426-4430 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4426 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucia Ghizzoni, George Mastorakos, and Alessandra Vottero

COMMENTARY:Adrenal Hyperandrogenism in Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4431-4435 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4431 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arlan L. Rosenbloom, Jaime Guevara-Aguirre, Ron G. Rosenfeld, and Uta Francke

COMMENTARY:Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency in Ecuador
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4436-4443 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4436 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria I. New, Jihad Obeid, Robert C. Wilson, Monina S. Cabrera, Amanda Goseco, Maria C. Macapagal, Ian Marshall, Saroj Nimkarn, Jose B. Quintos, Svetlana Ten, Figen Ugrasbul, Laurie Vandermolen, and Madeleine D. Harbison

Profile of the Pediatric Endocrine Clinic at New York–Presbyterian Hospital, New York Weill Cornell Center
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4444-4449 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4444 [Full Text] [PDF]  

George P. Chrousos

EDITORIAL:A New "New" Syndrome in the New World: Is Multiple Postreceptor Steroid Hormone Resistance Due to a Coregulator Defect?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4450-4453 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4450 [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. I. New, S. Nimkarn, D. D. Brandon, S. Cunningham-Rundles, R. C. Wilson, R. S. Newfield, J. Vandermeulen, N. Barron, C. Russo, D. L. Loriaux, and B. O’Malley

Resistance to Several Steroids in Two Sisters
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4454-4464 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4454 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clifford J. Rosen and John P. Bilezikian

EDITORIAL:Perplexing Polymorphisms: D(i)ps, Sn(i)ps, and Trips
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4465-4466 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4465 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Istvan Takacs, Daniel L. Koller, Munro Peacock, Joe C. Christian, Siu L. Hui, P. Michael Conneally, C. Conrad Johnston, Jr., Tatiana Foroud, and Michael J. Econs

Sibling Pair Linkage and Association Studies between Bone Mineral Density and the Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Gene Locus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4467-4471 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4467 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Faisal Ahmed, Debbie J. Marsh, Stanislawa Weremowicz, Cynthia C. Morton, Denise M. Williams, and Charis Eng

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:Balanced Translocation of 10q and 13q, Including the PTENGene, in a Boy with a Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-Secreting Tumor and the Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4665-4670 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4665 [Full Text] [PDF]  

MICHAEL O. THORNER

COMMENTARY:The Discovery of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4671-4676 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4671 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melvin M. Grumbach and Richard J. Auchus

COMMENTARY:Estrogen: Consequences and Implications of Human Mutations in Synthesis and Action
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4677-4694 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4677 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Clinical Research Centers:

Susan R. Rose, Robert H. Lustig, Pisit Pitukcheewanont, Dean C. Broome, George A. Burghen, Hao Li, Melissa M. Hudson, Larry E. Kun, and Richard L. Heideman

Diagnosis of Hidden Central Hypothyroidism in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4472-4479 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4472 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark R. Palmert, M. Joan Mansfield, William F. Crowley, Jr., John F. Crigler, Jr., John D. Crawford, and Paul A. Boepple

Is Obesity an Outcome of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Administration? Analysis of Growth and Body Composition in 110 Patients with Central Precocious Puberty
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4480-4488 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4480 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leslie A. Soyka, Steven Grinspoon, Lynne L. Levitsky, David B. Herzog, and Anne Klibanski

The Effects of Anorexia Nervosa on Bone Metabolism in Female Adolescents
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4489-4496 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4489 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John C. Achermann, Wen-Xia Gu, Tom J. Kotlar, Joshua J. Meeks, Leah P. Sabacan, Stephanie B. Seminara, Reema L. Habiby, Peter C. Hindmarsh, David P. Bick, Richard J. Sherins, William F. Crowley, Jr., Lawrence C. Layman, and J. Larry Jameson

Mutational Analysis of DAX1 in Patients with Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism or Pubertal Delay
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4497-4500 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4497 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Studies:

Stephanie B. Seminara, John C. Achermann, Myron Genel, J. Larry Jameson, and William F. Crowley, Jr.

X-Linked Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita: A Mutation in DAX1Expands the Phenotypic Spectrum in Males and Females
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4501-4509 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4501 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emanuele Cacciari and Laura Mazzanti

Final Height of Patients with Turner’s Syndrome Treated with Growth Hormone (GH): Indications for GH Therapy Alone at High Doses and Late Estrogen Therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4510-4515 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gudmundur Johannsson and Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

Discontinuation of Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment: Metabolic Effects in GH-Deficient and GH-Sufficient Adolescent Patients Compared with Control Subjects
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4516-4524 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4516 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Georgopoulos, K. Markou, A. Theodoropoulou, P. Paraskevopoulou, L. Varaki, Z. Kazantzi, M. Leglise, and A. G. Vagenakis

Growth and Pubertal Development in Elite Female Rhythmic Gymnasts
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4525-4530 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4525 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Trotter, Ludwig Maier, Hans-Jörg Grill, Thomas Kohn, Matthias Heckmann, and Frank Pohlandt

Effects of Postnatal Estradiol and Progesterone Replacement in Extremely Preterm Infants
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4531-4535 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4531 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret L. Lawson and Nini Cohen

A Single Sample Subcutaneous Luteinizing Hormone (LH)-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Stimulation Test for Monitoring LH Suppression in Children with Central Precocious Puberty Receiving LHRH Agonists
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4536-4540 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4536 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel A. Zamora, Rene Rizzoli, Dominique C. Belli, Daniel O. Slosman, and Jean-Philippe Bonjour

Vitamin D Supplementation during Infancy Is Associated with Higher Bone Mineral Mass in Prepubertal Girls
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4541-4544 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4541 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eba H. Hathout, Jeannine Sharkey, Michael Racine, David Ahn, John W. Mace, and Mohammed F. Saad

Changes in Plasma Leptin during the Treatment of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4545-4548 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4545 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pei-Wen Wang, Shan-Tair Wang, Rue-Tsuan Liu, Wen-Yen Chien, Shih-Chen Tung, Yung-Chuan Lu, Hue-Yong Chen, and Chiang-Hsuan Lee

Levothyroxine Suppression of Thyroglobulin in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4549-4553 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4549 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. D. Corleto, S. Minisola, A. Moretti, C. Damiani, C. Grossi, S. Ciardi, G. D’Ambra, C. Bordi, R. Strom, G. Spagna, G. Delle Fave, and B. Annibale

Prevalence and Causes of Hypergastrinemia in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Prospective Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4554-4558 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4554 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lorne J. Hofseth, Ahmed M. Raafat, Janet R. Osuch, Dorothy R. Pathak, Carol A. Slomski, and Sandra Z. Haslam

Hormone Replacement Therapy with Estrogen or Estrogen plus Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Is Associated with Increased Epithelial Proliferation in the Normal Postmenopausal Breast
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4559-4565 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4559 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald L. Gordon, Michael Flisak, and Susan G. Fisher

Changes in Thyroid Nodule Volume Caused by Fine-Needle Aspiration: A Factor Complicating the Interpretation of the Effect of Thyrotropin Suppression on Nodule Size
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4566-4569 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4566 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda J. Woodhouse, Sylvia L. Asa, Scott G. Thomas, and Shereen Ezzat

Measures of Submaximal Aerobic Performance Evaluate and Predict Functional Response to Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment in GH-Deficient Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4570-4577 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4570 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Haverkamp, J. Wölfle, K. Zerres, O. Butenandt, P. Amendt, B. P. Hauffa, E. Weimann, M. Bettendorf, E. Keller, R. Mühlenberg, C. J. Partsch, W. G. Sippell, and C. Hoppe

Growth Retardation in Turner Syndrome: Aneuploidy, Rather Than Specific Gene Loss, May Explain Growth Failure
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4578-4582 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4578 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabine Heger, Carl-Joachim Partsch, and Wolfgang G. Sippell

Long-Term Outcome after Depot Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Treatment of Central Precocious Puberty: Final Height, Body Proportions, Body Composition, Bone Mineral Density, and Reproductive Function
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4583-4590 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4583 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Nysom, Kirsten Holm, Kim Fleischer Michaelsen, Henrik Hertz, Jørn Müller, and Christian Mølgaard

Degree of Fatness after Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Childhood
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4591-4596 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4591 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mattias Lorentzon, Ronny Lorentzon, Torbjörn Bäckström, and Peter Nordström

Estrogen Receptor Gene Polymorphism, But Not Estradiol Levels, Is Related to Bone Density in Healthy Adolescent Boys: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4597-4601 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4597 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Ibáñez, Neus Potau, Maria Victoria Marcos, and Francis de Zegher

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone: A Potent Androgen Secretagogue in Girls with Hyperandrogenism after Precocious Pubarche
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4602-4606 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4602 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theo C. J. Sas, Sabine M. P. F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Theo Stijnen, Maarten Jansen, Barto J. Otten, J. J. Gera Hoorweg-Nijman, Thomas Vulsma, Guy G. Massa, Catrienus W. Rouwé, H. Maarten Reeser, Willem-Jan Gerver, Jos J. Gosen, Ciska Rongen-Westerlaken, and Stenvert L. S. DROP

Normalization of Height in Girls with Turner Syndrome after Long-Term Growth Hormone Treatment: Results of a Randomized Dose-Response Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4607-4612 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4607 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoki Kosho, Koji Muroya, Toshiro Nagai, Masatoshi Fujimoto, Susumu Yokoya, Hiromi Sakamoto, Takeki Hirano, Hiroshi Terasaki, Hirofumi Ohashi, Gen Nishimura, Seiji Sato, Nobutake Matsuo, and Tsutomu Ogata

Skeletal Features and Growth Patterns in 14 Patients with Haploinsufficiency of SHOX: Implications for the Development of Turner Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4613-4621 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4613 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theo C. J. Sas, Willem-Jan M. Gerver, Rob de Bruin, Theo Stijnen, Sabine M. P. F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Tim J. Cole, Arne van Teunenbroek, and Stenvert L. Drop

Body Proportions during Long-Term Growth Hormone Treatment in Girls with Turner Syndrome Participating in a Randomized Dose-Response Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4622-4628 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4622 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. G. Ropelato, M. C. Garcia-Rudaz, C. Castro-Fernandez, A. Ulloa-Aguirre, M. E. Escobar, M. Barontini, and J. D. Veldhuis

A Preponderance of Basic Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Isoforms Accompanies Inappropriate Hypersecretion of Both Basal and Pulsatile LH in Adolescents with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4629-4636 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4629 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatjana A. Ishunina and Dick F. Swaab

Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons of the Human Supraoptic and Paraventricular Nucleus; Size Changes in Relation to Age and Sex
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4637-4644 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4637 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Pomini, A. Caruso, and J. R. G. Challis

Interleukin-10 Modifies the Effects of Interleukin-1ß and Tumor Necrosis Factor- on the Activity and Expression of Prostaglandin H Synthase-2 and the NAD⁺-Dependent 15-Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenase in Cultured Term Human Villous Trophoblast and Chorion Trophoblast Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4645-4651 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4645 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xun Zhang, Daniel C. Danila, Miyuki Katai, Brooke Swearingen, and Anne Klibanski

Expression of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide and Its Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Normal Human Pituitary and Pituitary Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4652-4655 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4652 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaron Tomer, Giuseppe Barbesino, David A. Greenberg, Erlinda Concepcion, and Terry F. Davies

Mapping the Major Susceptibility Loci for Familial Graves’ and Hashimoto’s Diseases: Evidence for Genetic Heterogeneity and Gene Interactions
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4656-4664 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4656 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Jung, P. Carmel, M. S. Schwartz, J. W. Witkin, K. H. P. Bentele, M. Westphal, J. H. Piatt, M. E. Costa, A. Cornea, Y. J. Ma, and S. R. Ojeda

Some Hypothalamic Hamartomas Contain Transforming Growth Factor , a Puberty-Inducing Growth Factor, But Not Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4695-4701 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4695 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura K. Bachrach, Trevor Hastie, May-Choo Wang, Balasubramanian Narasimhan, and Robert Marcus

Bone Mineral Acquisition in Healthy Asian, Hispanic, Black, and Caucasian Youth: A Longitudinal Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4702-4712 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4702 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annemie L. M. Boehmer, Albert O. Brinkmann, Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl, Dicky J. J. Halley, Martinus F. Niermeijer, Stefan Andersson, Frank H. de Jong, Hülya Kayserili, Monique A. de Vroede, Barto J. Otten, Catrienus W. Rouwé, Berenice B. Mendonça, Cidade Rodrigues, Hans H. Bode, Petra E. de Ruiter, Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal, and Stenvert L. S. Drop

17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase-3 Deficiency: Diagnosis, Phenotypic Variability, Population Genetics, and Worldwide Distribution of Ancient and de Novo Mutations
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4713-4721 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4713 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Estelle Chamoux, Lyne Breault, Jean-Guy LeHoux, and Nicole Gallo-Payet

Involvement of the Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor in Apoptosis during Human Fetal Adrenal Gland Development
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4722-4730 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4722 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comments:

Anna M. Sawka, Jaroslaw P. Aniszewski, William F. Young, Jr., Todd B. Nippoldt, Paulino Yanez, and Michael J. Ebersold

Tension Pneumocranium, a Rare Complication of Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Mayo Clinic Experience 1976–1998
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4731-4734 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4731 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid Communications:

Figen Ugrasbul, Timothy Wiens, Pablo Rubinstein, Maria I. New, and Robert C. Wilson

Prevalence of Mild Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess in Mennonites
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4735-4738 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4735 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Ibáñez, Neus Potau, Maria Victoria Marcos, and Francis de Zegher

Exaggerated Adrenarche and Hyperinsulinism in Adolescent Girls Born Small for Gestational Age
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4739-4741 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4739 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl A. Conover, Claus Oxvig, Michael T. Overgaard, Michael Christiansen, and Linda C. Giudice

Evidence That the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 Protease in Human Ovarian Follicular Fluid Is Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4742-4745 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4742 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

John F. Morgan

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Gestational Diabetes, and Bulimia Nervosa
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4746 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4746 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Etienne Delgrange and Julian E. Donckier

Toward the Establishment of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Response of Prolactinomas to Cabergoline
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4746a-4747a doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4746-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan A. Verhelst

Authors' Response: Toward the Establishment of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Response of Prolactinomas to Cabergoline
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4747 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4747 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janez Prezelj and Andreja Kocijancic

Comment on Spironolactone, But Not Flutamide, Administration Prevents Bone Loss in Hyperandrogenic Women Treated with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4747a doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4747-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paolo Moghetti, Roberto Castello, Nicoletta Zamberlan, Maurizio Rossini, Davide Gatti, Carlo Negri, Flavia Tosi, Michele Muggeo, and Silvano Adami

Authors’ Response: Spironolactone But Not Flutamide Administration Prevents Bone Loss in Hyperandrogenic Women Treated with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4747b doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4747-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald Ross Watson

DHEA: Efficacy Supported by Testing and Model Studies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4748 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4748 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret A. Flynn, Dana Weaver-Osterholtz, Kathy L. Sharp-Timms, Susan Allen, and Gary Krause

Authors’ Response
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4748a-4749a doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4748-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Loidi, Celsa Quinteiro, Francisco Barros, Fernando Domínguez, Jesús Barreiro, and Manuel Pombo

The C494F Variant in the CYP11B1 Gene Is a Sequence Polymorphism in the Spanish Population
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4749 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4749 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gill Rumsby

Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis for the Detection of Mutations in the CYP11B1 Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4749a doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4749-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jamie C. Smith, L. M. Evans, and J. S. Davies

Effect of Growth Hormone (GH) Therapy on Endothelial Function in GH-Deficient Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4749b-4750b doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4749-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl De Crée

Comment on Health Issues for Women Athletes: Exercise-Induced Amenorrhea
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4750a-4751a doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4750-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle P. Warren

Author’s Response
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4751 doi:10.1210/jc.84.12.4751 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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