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

The Endocrine Society:

The Endocrine Society and Pfizer, Inc. International Award for Excellence in Published Clinical Research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5045 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Features:

Frank M. Sacks and Hannia Campos

CLINICAL REVIEW 163: CARDIOVASCULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY 4:Low-Density Lipoprotein Size and Cardiovascular Disease: A Reappraisal
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4525-4532 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030636 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yogish C. Kudva, Anna M. Sawka, and William F. Young, Jr.

CLINICAL REVIEW 164:The Laboratory Diagnosis of Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: The Mayo Clinic Experience
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4533-4539 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030720 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael M. Kaplan, David H. Sarne, and Arthur B. Schneider

In Search of the Impossible Dream? Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy That Treats All Symptoms in All Hypothyroid Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4540-4542 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-031436 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John P. Walsh, Lauren Shiels, Ee Mun Lim, Chotoo I. Bhagat, Lynley C. Ward, Bronwyn G. A. Stuckey, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal, Gerard T. Chew, Minoti C. Bhagat, and Andrea J. Cussons

Combined Thyroxine/Liothyronine Treatment Does Not Improve Well-Being, Quality of Life, or Cognitive Function Compared to Thyroxine Alone: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients with Primary Hypothyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4543-4550 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. M. Sawka, H. C. Gerstein, M. J. Marriott, G. M. MacQueen, and R. T. Joffe

Does a Combination Regimen of Thyroxine (T₄) and 3,5,3'-Triiodothyronine Improve Depressive Symptoms Better Than T₄ Alone in Patients with Hypothyroidism? Results of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4551-4555 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030139 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard N. Bergman

Insulin Action and Distribution of Tissue Blood Flow
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4556-4558 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-031431 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soffia Gudbjörnsdóttir, Mikaela Sjöstrand, Lena Strindberg, John Wahren, and Peter Lönnroth

Direct Measurements of the Permeability Surface Area for Insulin and Glucose in Human Skeletal Muscle
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4559-4564 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. C. Smallridge, K. Bourne, B. W. Pearson, J. A. van Heerden, P. C. Carpenter, and W. F. Young

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:Cushing’s Syndrome Due to Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Diagnosis by Proopiomelanocortin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Situ Hybridization
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4565-4568 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021796 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endocrine Care:

Horacio Plotkin, Frank Rauch, Leonid Zeitlin, Craig Munns, Rose Travers, and Francis H. Glorieux

Effect of Pamidronate Treatment in Children with Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4569-4575 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Harris, Ouafae Kecha, Cheri Deal, C. Rolfe Howlett, Dorothee Deiss, Vivienne Tobias, Judith Simoneau-Roy, and Jan Walker

Reversible Metaphyseal Dysplasia, a Novel Bone Phenotype, in Two Unrelated Children with Autoimmunepolyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy: Clinical and Molecular Studies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4576-4585 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos A. Benbassat, Varda Eshed, Moshe Kamjin, and Zvi Laron

Are Adult Patients with Laron Syndrome Osteopenic? A Comparison between Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and Volumetric Bone Densities
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4586-4589 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030623 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Jung, E. Neumaier Probst, B. P. Hauffa, C.-J. Partsch, and O. Dammann

Association of Morphological Characteristics with Precocious Puberty and/or Gelastic Seizures in Hypothalamic Hamartoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4590-4595 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-022018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kwame Osei, Scott Rhinesmith, Trudy Gaillard, and Dara Schuster

Is Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c a Surrogate for Metabolic Syndrome in Nondiabetic, First-Degree Relatives of African-American Patients with Type 2 Diabetes?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4596-4601 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030686 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mikhail Gylling, Essi Kääriäinen, Riitta Väisänen, Laura Kerosuo, Marja-Liisa Solin, Leena Halme, Seppo Saari, Maria Halonen, Olle Kämpe, Jaakko Perheentupa, and Aaro Miettinen

The Hypoparathyroidism of Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy Protective Effect of Male Sex
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4602-4608 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030700 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyrus Cooper, Ronald D. Emkey, Robert H. McDonald, Gillian Hawker, Gerolamo Bianchi, Katie Wilson, and Ralph C. Schimmer

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Weekly Ibandronate in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4609-4615 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-022029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Mannelli, Pietro Ferruzzi, Paola Luciani, Clara Crescioli, Lisa Buci, Giovanni Corona, Mario Serio, and Alessandro Peri

Cushing’s Syndrome in a Patient with Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia Responding to Cisapride: An in Vivo and in Vitro Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4616-4622 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021949 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Greet Van den Berghe, David Van Roosbroeck, Philippe Vanhove, Pieter J. Wouters, Lutgart De Pourcq, and Roger Bouillon

Bone Turnover in Prolonged Critical Illness: Effect of Vitamin D
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4623-4632 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heiko Krude, Heike Biebermann, Dirk Schnabel, Mojca Zerjav Tansek, Pierre Theunissen, Primus E. Mullis, and Annette Grüters

Obesity Due to Proopiomelanocortin Deficiency: Three New Cases and Treatment Trials with Thyroid Hormone and ACTH4–10
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4633-4640 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030502 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gérard Maruani, Alexandre Hertig, Michel Paillard, and Pascal Houillier

Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Evidence for a Generalized Target-Tissue Resistance to Parathyroid Hormone
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4641-4648 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021404 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laure Morin-Papunen, Katriina Rautio, Aimo Ruokonen, Pirjo Hedberg, Matti Puukka, and Juha S. Tapanainen

Metformin Reduces Serum C-Reactive Protein Levels in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4649-4654 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021688 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qingxiang Chen, Hiroshi Kaji, Mei-Fway Iu, Rikako Nomura, Hideaki Sowa, Mika Yamauchi, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Toshitsugu Sugimoto, and Kazuo Chihara

Effects of an Excess and a Deficiency of Endogenous Parathyroid Hormone on Volumetric Bone Mineral Density and Bone Geometry Determined by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Female Subjects
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4655-4658 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030470 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo Turner, Ann J. Conway, Mark Jimenez, Peter Y. Liu, Elise Forbes, Robert I. McLachlan, and David J. Handelsman

Contraceptive Efficacy of a Depot Progestin and Androgen Combination in Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4659-4667 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine A. Lissett and Stephen M. Shalet

The Impact of Dose and Route of Estrogen Administration on the Somatotropic Axis in Normal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4668-4672 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-022036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideki Urakawa, Akira Katsuki, Yasuhiro Sumida, Esteban C. Gabazza, Shuichi Murashima, Kohei Morioka, Noriko Maruyama, Nagako Kitagawa, Takashi Tanaka, Yasuko Hori, Kaname Nakatani, Yutaka Yano, and Yukihiko Adachi

Oxidative Stress Is Associated with Adiposity and Insulin Resistance in Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4673-4676 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weizhen Xu, Anna Janss, and Thomas Moshang

Adult Height and Adult Sitting Height in Childhood Medulloblastoma Survivors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4677-4681 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030619 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miriam E. Silfen, Michelle R. Denburg, Alexandra M. Manibo, Rogerio A. Lobo, Richard Jaffe, Michel Ferin, Lenore S. Levine, and Sharon E. Oberfield

Early Endocrine, Metabolic, and Sonographic Characteristics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Comparison between Nonobese and Obese Adolescents
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4682-4688 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030617 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takuma Tozawa, Kazuo Mishima, Kohtoku Satoh, Masaru Echizenya, Tetsuo Shimizu, and Yasuo Hishikawa

Stability of Sleep Timing against the Melatonin Secretion Rhythm with Advancing Age: Clinical Implications
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4689-4695 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark A. Cohen, Sandra M. Ellis, Carel W. Le Roux, Rachel L. Batterham, Adrian Park, Michael Patterson, Gary S. Frost, Mohammad A. Ghatei, and Stephen R. Bloom

Oxyntomodulin Suppresses Appetite and Reduces Food Intake in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4696-4701 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030421 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugo R. Boquete, Patricia G. V. Sobrado, Hugo L. Fideleff, Ana M. Sequera, Ana V. Giaccio, Martha G. Suárez, Gabriela F. Ruibal, and Mirta Miras

Evaluation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and IGF-Binding Protein-3 in Growth Hormone-Deficient Children and Adults Using ROC Plot Analysis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4702-4708 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030412 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fred G. Barker, II, Anne Klibanski, and Brooke Swearingen

Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors in the United States, 1996–2000: Mortality, Morbidity, and the Effects of Hospital and Surgeon Volume
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4709-4719 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030461 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lourdes Ibáñez and Francis de Zegher

Flutamide-Metformin Therapy to Reduce Fat Mass in Hyperinsulinemic Ovarian Hyperandrogenism: Effects in Adolescents and in Women on Third-Generation Oral Contraception
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4720-4724 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shonni J. Silverberg, Ping Gao, Ijeoma Brown, Paul LoGerfo, Tom L. Cantor, and John P. Bilezikian

Clinical Utility of an Immunoradiometric Assay for Parathyroid Hormone (1–84) in Primary Hyperparathyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4725-4730 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James G. Gurney, Kirsten K. Ness, Marilyn Stovall, Suzanne Wolden, Judy A. Punyko, Joseph P. Neglia, Ann C. Mertens, Roger J. Packer, Leslie L. Robison, and Charles A. Sklar

Final Height and Body Mass Index among Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Cancer: Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4731-4739 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030784 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yu-Ming Chen, Suzanne C. Ho, Silvia S. H. Lam, Susan S. S. Ho, and Jean L. F. Woo

Soy Isoflavones Have a Favorable Effect on Bone Loss in Chinese Postmenopausal Women with Lower Bone Mass: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4740-4747 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael B. Ranke, Anders Lindberg, David D. Martin, Bert Bakker, Patrick Wilton, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Chris T. Cowell, David A. Price, and Edward O. Reiter

The Mathematical Model for Total Pubertal Growth in Idiopathic Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency Suggests a Moderate Role of GH Dose
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4748-4753 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030600 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Tsagarakis, M. Christoforaki, H. Giannopoulou, F. Rondogianni, I. Housianakou, C. Malagari, D. Rontogianni, I. Bellenis, and N. Thalassinos

A Reappraisal of the Utility of Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy in Patients with Ectopic Adrenocorticotropin Cushing’s Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4754-4758 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030525 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Clemmons, Kazuo Chihara, Pamela U. Freda, Ken K. Y. Ho, Anne Klibanski, Shlomo Melmed, Stephen M. Shalet, Christian J. Strasburger, Peter J. Trainer, and Michael O. Thorner

Optimizing Control of Acromegaly: Integrating a Growth Hormone Receptor Antagonist into the Treatment Algorithm
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4759-4767 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030518 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsuro Kobayashi, Shoichiro Tanaka, Minoru Okubo, Koji Nakanishi, Toshio Murase, and Åke Lernmark

Unique Epitopes of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibodies in Slowly Progressive Type 1 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4768-4775 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021529 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Other Original Articles:

Stacy K. Jessup, Eleni V. Dimaraki, Kathleen V. Symons, and Ariel L. Barkan

Sexual Dimorphism of Growth Hormone (GH) Regulation in Humans: Endogenous GH-Releasing Hormone Maintains Basal GH in Women But Not in Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4776-4780 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chun-Shan Chou, Hua Zhu, Colin D. MacCalman, and Peter C. K. Leung

Regulatory Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) I and GnRH II on the Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9, and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 in Primary Cultures of Human Extravillous Cytotrophoblasts
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4781-4790 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030659 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hillevi Larsson, Göran Berglund, and Bo Ahrén

Insulin Sensitivity, Insulin Secretion, and Glucose Tolerance Versus Intima-Media Thickness in Nondiabetic Postmenopausal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4791-4797 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John W. Ensinck, Ellen C. Laschansky, Robin E. Vogel, and David A. D’Alessio

Effect of Ingested Nutrients on the Release of Thrittene into the Human Circulation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4798-4804 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda B. Johnston, Jovanna Dahlgren, Juliane Leger, Lars Gelander, Martin O. Savage, Paul Czernichow, Kerstin Albertsson Wikland, and Adrian J. L. Clark

Association between Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) Polymorphisms, Circulating IGF-I, and Pre- and Postnatal Growth in Two European Small for Gestational Age Populations
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4805-4810 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030563 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Friederike Herr, Olin D. Liang, Julio Herrero, Uwe Lang, Klaus T. Preissner, Victor K. M. Han, and Marek Zygmunt

Possible Angiogenic Roles of Insulin-Like Growth Factor II and Its Receptors in Uterine Vascular Adaptation to Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4811-4817 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesca Sorvillo, Gherardo Mazziotti, Antonella Carbone, Marco Piscopo, Mario Rotondi, Michele Cioffi, Pasquale Musto, Bernadette Biondi, Sergio Iorio, Giovanni Amato, and Carlo Carella

Recombinant Human Thyrotropin Reduces Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels in Patients Monitored for Thyroid Carcinoma Even in the Absence of Thyroid Tissue
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4818-4822 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030789 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alina Gavrila, Jean L. Chan, Nikos Yiannakouris, Meropi Kontogianni, Lisa C. Miller, Christine Orlova, and Christos S. Mantzoros

Serum Adiponectin Levels Are Inversely Associated with Overall and Central Fat Distribution but Are Not Directly Regulated by Acute Fasting or Leptin Administration in Humans: Cross-Sectional and Interventional Studies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4823-4831 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald N. Cohen, Laurie E. Cohen, Diego Botero, Christine Yu, Angela Sagar, Magdalena Jurkiewicz, and Sally Radovick

Enhanced Repression by HESX1 as a Cause of Hypopituitarism and Septooptic Dysplasia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4832-4839 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021868 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anil K. Agarwal, Vinaya Simha, Elif Arioglu Oral, Stephanie A. Moran, Phillip Gorden, Stephen O’Rahilly, Zohra Zaidi, Figen Gurakan, Silva A. Arslanian, Aharon Klar, Alyne Ricker, Neil H. White, Lutz Bindl, Karen Herbst, Kurt Kennel, Shailesh B. Patel, Lihadh Al-Gazali, and Abhimanyu Garg

Phenotypic and Genetic Heterogeneity in Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4840-4847 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030855 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer H. Lee, Jean L. Chan, Nikos Yiannakouris, Meropi Kontogianni, Elizabeth Estrada, Richard Seip, Christine Orlova, and Christos S. Mantzoros

Circulating Resistin Levels Are Not Associated with Obesity or Insulin Resistance in Humans and Are Not Regulated by Fasting or Leptin Administration: Cross-Sectional and Interventional Studies in Normal, Insulin-Resistant, and Diabetic Subjects
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4848-4856 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030519 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Troels Krarup Hansen, Steffen Thiel, Søren Tang Knudsen, Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Carl Erik Mogensen, and Per Løgstrup Poulsen

Elevated Levels of Mannan-Binding Lectin in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4857-4861 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030742 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Dallongeville, Nicole Helbecque, Dominique Cottel, Philippe Amouyel, and Aline Meirhaeghe

The Gly¹⁶Arg¹⁶ and Gln²⁷Glu²⁷ Polymorphisms of ß₂-Adrenergic Receptor Are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4862-4866 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jackie A. Clowes, Heather C. Allen, Donna M. Prentis, Richard Eastell, and Aubrey Blumsohn

Octreotide Abolishes the Acute Decrease in Bone Turnover in Response to Oral Glucose
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4867-4873 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021447 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark E. Wilson, Jeffrey Fisher, Kathy Chikazawa, Ruth Yoda, Ariadne Legendre, Deborah Mook, and Kenneth G. Gould

Leptin Administration Increases Nocturnal Concentrations of Luteinizing Hormone and Growth Hormone in Juvenile Female Rhesus Monkeys
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4874-4883 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030782 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phillip E. Gates, Christopher L. Gentile, Douglas R. Seals, and Demetra D. Christou

Adiposity Contributes to Differences in Left Ventricular Structure and Diastolic Function with Age in Healthy Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4884-4890 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030673 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerhard Binder, Michael B. Ranke, and David D. Martin

Auxology Is a Valuable Instrument for the Clinical Diagnosis of SHOX Haploinsufficiency in School-Age Children with Unexplained Short Stature
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4891-4896 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Vilsbøll, F. K. Knop, T. Krarup, A. Johansen, S. Madsbad, S. Larsen, T. Hansen, O. Pedersen, and J. J. Holst

The Pathophysiology of Diabetes Involves a Defective Amplification of the Late-Phase Insulin Response to Glucose by Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide—Regardless of Etiology and Phenotype
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4897-4903 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030738 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MaryFran Sowers, Carol Derby, Mary L. Jannausch, Javier I. Torrens, and Richard Pasternak

Insulin Resistance, Hemostatic Factors, and Hormone Interactions in Pre- and Perimenopausal Women: SWAN
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4904-4910 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030350 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah R. McWhinney, Getachew Boru, Philip K. Binkley, Mariola Peczkowska, Andrzej A. Januszewicz, Hartmut P. H. Neumann, and Charis Eng

Intronic Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the RET Protooncogene Are Associated with a Subset of Apparently Sporadic Pheochromocytoma and May Modulate Age of Onset
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4911-4916 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Jean-Philippe Bastard, Véronique Jan, Pierre-Henri Ducluzeau, Fabrizio Andreelli, Fitsum Guebre, Joëlle Bruzeau, Corinne Louche-Pellissier, Christine MaÎtrepierre, Jocelyne Peyrat, Jérôme Chagné, Hubert Vidal, and Martine Laville

Modified Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index Is Better Correlated to Hyperinsulinemic Glucose Clamp than Other Fasting-Based Index of Insulin Sensitivity in Different Insulin-Resistant States
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4917-4923 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-030316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jukka Westerbacka, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Satu Vehkavaara, Anna-Maija Häkkinen, Ruth Andrew, Deborah J. Wake, Jonathan R. Seckl, and Brian R. Walker

Body Fat Distribution and Cortisol Metabolism in Healthy Men: Enhanced 5ß-Reductase and Lower Cortisol/Cortisone Metabolite Ratios in Men with Fatty Liver
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4924-4931 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030596 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge Lima, José Teixeira-Gomes, Paula Soares, Valdemar Máximo, Mrinalini Honavar, Dillwyn Williams, and Manuel Sobrinho-Simões

Germline Succinate Dehydrogenase Subunit D Mutation Segregating with Familial Non-RET C Cell Hyperplasia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4932-4937 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-030008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. A. Borg, K. E. Kerry, L. Baxter, J. A. Royds, and T. H. Jones

Expression of Interleukin-6 and Its Effects on Growth of HP75 Human Pituitary Tumor Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4938-4944 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-022044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam Kretowski, Natalia Wawrusiewicz, Katarzyna Mironczuk, Janusz Mysliwiec, Malgorzata Kretowska, and Ida Kinalska

Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Gene Polymorphisms in Graves’ Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4945-4949 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher Bell, Pamela P. Jones, and Douglas R. Seals

Oxidative Stress Does Not Modulate Metabolic Rate or Skeletal Muscle Sympathetic Activity with Primary Aging in Adult Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4950-4954 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030454 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Tank, Jens Jordan, André Diedrich, Christoph Schroeder, Raffaello Furlan, Arya M. Sharma, Friedrich C. Luft, and Georg Brabant

Bound Leptin and Sympathetic Outflow in Nonobese Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4955-4959 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ismo Virtanen, Matti Korhonen, Noora Petäjäniemi, Tuula Karhunen, Lars-Eric Thornell, Lydia M. Sorokin, and Yrjö T. Konttinen

Laminin Isoforms in Fetal and Adult Human Adrenal Cortex
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4960-4966 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoping Luo, Jingxia Xu, and Nasser Chegini

The Expression of Smads in Human Endometrium and Regulation and Induction in Endometrial Epithelial and Stromal Cells by Transforming Growth Factor-ß
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4967-4976 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.-C. Gérard, C. Daumerie, C. Mestdagh, S. Gohy, C. de Burbure, S. Costagliola, F. Miot, M.-C. Nollevaux, J.-F. Denef, J. Rahier, B. Franc, J. J. M. De Vijlder, I. M. Colin, and M.-C. Many

Correlation between the Loss of Thyroglobulin Iodination and the Expression of Thyroid-Specific Proteins Involved in Iodine Metabolism in Thyroid Carcinomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4977-4983 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030586 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Simorangkir, Gary R. Marshall, and Tony M. Plant

Sertoli Cell Proliferation during Prepubertal Development in the Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) Is Maximal during Infancy when Gonadotropin Secretion Is Robust
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4984-4989 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021858 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jimin Xu, Farhad Moatamed, Jeremy S. Caldwell, John R. Walker, Zaki Kraiem, Katsumi Taki, Gregory A. Brent, and Jerome M. Hershman

Enhanced Expression of Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase in Human Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4990-4996 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021843 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boonsri Chanrachakul, Balwir Matharoo-Ball, Anita Turner, Graham Robinson, Fiona Broughton-Pipkin, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, and Raheela N. Khan

Reduced Expression of Immunoreactive ß₂-Adrenergic Receptor Protein in Human Myometrium with Labor
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4997-5001 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030692 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianqi Liu, Tiina Kuulasmaa, Veli-Matti Kosma, Ralf Bützow, Teemu Vänttinen, Christel Hydén-Granskog, and Raimo Voutilainen

Expression of Betaglycan, an Inhibin Coreceptor, in Normal Human Ovaries and Ovarian Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors and Its Regulation in Cultured Human Granulosa-Luteal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5002-5008 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030704 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soon-Cen Huang, Ming-Jer Tang, Ya-Min Cheng, Keng-Fu Hsu, Chung-Liang Ho, and Cheng-Yang Chou

Enhanced Polyadenosine Diphosphate-Ribosylation in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist-Treated Uterine Leiomyoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5009-5016 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ozlem Guzeloglu-Kayisli, Umit A. Kayisli, Rafat Al-Rejjal, Wenxin Zheng, Guven Luleci, and Aydin Arici

Regulation of PTEN (Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Deleted on Chromosome 10) Expression by Estradiol and Progesterone in Human Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5017-5026 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030414 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Portella, Roberto Pacelli, Silvana Libertini, Laura Cella, Giancarlo Vecchio, Marco Salvatore, and Alfredo Fusco

ONYX-015 Enhances Radiation-Induced Death of Human Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5027-5032 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030385 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nadia Alfaidy, Wei Li, Tracy MacIntosh, Kaiping Yang, and John Challis

Late Gestation Increase in 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 1 Expression in Human Fetal Membranes: A Novel Intrauterine Source of Cortisol
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5033-5038 doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021915 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. E. Collins, J. M. Heward, J. Carr-Smith, J. Daykin, J. A. Franklyn, and S. C. L. Gough

Association of a Rare Thyroglobulin Gene Microsatellite Variant with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5039-5042 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Constantine S. Mitsiades, Despoina Sykoutri, Ciaran McMullan, Vassiliki Poulaki, and Nicholas Mitsiades

Effect of Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) on Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Lines
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5043-5044 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030968 [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Michael Parfitt

What Is Bone Mineralization?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5043-a doi:10.1210/jc.2003-031074 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexei Podtcheko, Akira Ohtsuru, Hiroyuki Namba, Vladimir Saenko, and Shunichi Yamashita

Authors’ Response: Effect of Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) on Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Lines
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5044 doi:10.1210/jc.2003-031269 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcements:

IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis May 14–18, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4622 [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc., at the National Institutes of Health presents, A Review of Endocrinology: Diagnosis and Treatment, October 22-26, 2003 Bethesda, Maryland
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4739 [Full Text] [PDF]  

IOF-SERVIER YOUNG INVESTIGATOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4753 [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUMMER NEUROPEPTIDE 2004 CONFERENCE JULY 5–9, 2004 EDEN ROC RENAISSANCE RESORT & SPA MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4767 [Full Text] [PDF]  

JOURNÉES INTERNATIONALES D’ENDOCRINOLOGIE CLINIQUE
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4804 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biophysical Society 48th Annual Meeting February 14–18, 2004, Baltimore, MD
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 4983 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Fuglsang, Finn Lauszus, Allan Flyvbjerg, and Per Ovesen

Erratum
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Resources:

Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5046-5048 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Hormone & Peptide Program (NHPP): New Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides, Natural Hormones, New Antisera, & Expanded Hormone Assay Services Available
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 5049-5051 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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