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Special Features:

John P. Bilezikian: FROM THE EDITOR: New Special Feature Articles for the JCEM—Cardiovascular Endocrinology
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 515 [Full Text]

Samy I. McFarlane and James R. Sowers: CARDIOVASCULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY 1: Aldosterone Function in Diabetes Mellitus: Effects on Cardiovascular and Renal Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 516-523, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021443 [Full Text]

Adolph Friedman: REMEMBRANCE: The Contributions of Frederick Hisaw
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 524-527, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021457 [Full Text]

Matthew C. Riddle: EDITORIAL: Sulfonylureas Differ in Effects on Ischemic Preconditioning—Is it Time to Retire Glyburide?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 528-530, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021971 [Full Text]

Tsung-Ming Lee and Tsai-Fwu Chou: Impairment of Myocardial Protection in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 531-537, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020904 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Paul D. Miller: EDITORIAL: Greater Risk, Greater Benefit—True or False?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 538-541, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021880 [Full Text]

Nelson B. Watts, Robert G. Josse, Ronald C. Hamdy, Rodney A. Hughes, Michael D. Manhart, Ian Barton, Danny Calligeros, and Dieter Felsenberg: Risedronate Prevents New Vertebral Fractures in Postmenopausal Women at High Risk
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 542-549, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020400 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Graeme Eisenhofer: EDITORIAL: Biochemical Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma—Is it Time to Switch to Plasma-Free Metanephrines?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 550-552, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021913 [Full Text]

Anna M. Sawka, Roman Jaeschke, Ravinder J. Singh, and William F. Young, Jr.: A Comparison of Biochemical Tests for Pheochromocytoma: Measurement of Fractionated Plasma Metanephrines Compared with the Combination of 24-Hour Urinary Metanephrines and Catecholamines
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 553-558, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021251 [Abstract] [Full Text]

David J. Handelsman: EDITORIAL: Hormonal Male Contraception—Lessons from the East When the Western Market Fails
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 559-561, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021997 [Full Text]

Yi-Qun Gu, Xing-Hai Wang, Dwo Xu, Lin Peng, Li-Fa Cheng, Ming-Kong Huang, Zhen-Jia Huang, and Gui-Yuan Zhang: A Multicenter Contraceptive Efficacy Study of Injectable Testosterone Undecanoate in Healthy Chinese Men
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 562-568, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020447 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Endocrine Care:

Mara J. Horwitz, Mary Beth Tedesco, Caren Gundberg, Adolfo Garcia-Ocana, and Andrew F. Stewart: Short-Term, High-Dose Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein as a Skeletal Anabolic Agent for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 569-575, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021122 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Giancarlo Paradisi, Helmut O. Steinberg, Marguerite K. Shepard, Ginger Hook, and Alain D. Baron: Troglitazone Therapy Improves Endothelial Function to Near Normal Levels in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 576-580, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020386 [Abstract] [Full Text]

C. C. Chow, W. B. Chan, June K. Y. Li, Norman N. Chan, Michael H. M. Chan, Gary T. C. Ko, K. W. Lo, and Clive S. Cockram: Oral Alendronate Increases Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 581-587, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020890 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Veera Vihma, Satu Vehkavaara, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Hannele Hohtari, and Matti J. Tikkanen: Differential Effects of Oral and Transdermal Estradiol Treatment on Circulating Estradiol Fatty Acid Ester Concentrations in Postmenopausal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 588-593, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020891 [Abstract] [Full Text]

B. W. Kim, G. H. Daniels, B. J. Harrison, A. Price, J. W. Harney, P. R. Larsen, and A. P. Weetman: Overexpression of Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase in Follicular Carcinoma as a Cause of Low Circulating Free Thyroxine Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 594-598, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020921 [Abstract] [Full Text]

James N. Roemmich, Pamela A. Clark, Christos S. Mantzoros, Cathy M. Gurgol, Art Weltman, and Alan D. Rogol: Relationship of Leptin to Bone Mineralization in Children and Adolescents
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 599-604, doi:10.1210/jc.2001-012025 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Y. M. Tan, J. Cardinal, A. H. Franks, H.-C. Mun, N. Lewis, L. B. Harris, J. B. Prins, and A. D. Conigrave: Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia: A Novel Activating Mutation (E604K) in the Cysteine-Rich Domain of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 605-610, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020081 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Robert H. Lustig, Susan R. Post, Kleebsabai Srivannaboon, Susan R. Rose, Robert K. Danish, George A. Burghen, Xiaoping Xiong, Shengjie Wu, and Thomas E. Merchant: Risk Factors for the Development of Obesity in Children Surviving Brain Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 611-616, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021180 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kostas B. Markou, Panagiota Paraskevopoulou, Konstantinos S. Karaiskos, Maria Makri, Neoklis A. Georgopoulos, Gregoris Iconomou, Chryssanthi Mengreli, and Apostolos G. Vagenakis: Hyperthyrotropinemia during Iodide Administration in Normal Children and in Children Born with Neonatal Transient Hypothyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 617-621, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020681 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Anders Bojesen, Svend Juul, and Claus Højbjerg Gravholt: Prenatal and Postnatal Prevalence of Klinefelter Syndrome: A National Registry Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 622-626, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021491 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Carol L. Addy, Alina Gavrila, Sotirios Tsiodras, Kimberly Brodovicz, Adolf W. Karchmer, and Christos S. Mantzoros: Hypoadiponectinemia Is Associated with Insulin Resistance, Hypertriglyceridemia, and Fat Redistribution in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients Treated with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 627-636, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020795 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Loukas Gourgiotis, Nicholas J. Sarlis, James C. Reynolds, Carter VanWaes, Maria J. Merino, and Karel Pacak: Localization of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Metastasis in a Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A Patient by 6-[¹⁸F]-Fluorodopamine Positron Emission Tomography
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 637-641, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021354 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Siu L. Hui, Linda A. DiMeglio, Christopher Longcope, Munro Peacock, Ronald McClintock, Anthony J. Perkins, and C. Conrad Johnston, Jr.: Difference in Bone Mass between Black and White American Children: Attributable to Body Build, Sex Hormone Levels, or Bone Turnover?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 642-649, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020653 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Annamaria De Bellis, Antonio Bizzarro, Marisa Conte, Silvia Perrino, Concetta Coronella, Stefano Solimeno, Antonia Maria Sinisi, Luisa Anna Stile, Gustavo Pisano, and Antonio Bellastella: Antipituitary Antibodies in Adults with Apparently Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency and in Adults with Autoimmune Endocrine Diseases
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 650-654, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021054 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Other Original Articles:

Sally J. Krajewski, Ty W. Abel, Mary Lou Voytko, and Naomi E. Rance: Ovarian Steroids Differentially Modulate the Gene Expression of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuronal Subtypes in the Ovariectomized Cynomolgus Monkey
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 655-662, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020887 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Shahram Khosravi and Peter C. K. Leung: Differential Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)I and GnRHII Messenger Ribonucleic Acid by Gonadal Steroids in Human Granulosa Luteal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 663-672, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020866 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Francesco Orio, Jr., Stefano Palomba, Sebastiano Di Biase, Annamaria Colao, Libuse Tauchmanova, Silvia Savastano, Donato Labella, Tiziana Russo, Fulvio Zullo, and Gaetano Lombardi: Homocysteine Levels and C677T Polymorphism of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 673-679, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021142 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Chun-Shan Chou, Chen-Jei Tai, Colin D. MacCalman, and Peter C. K. Leung: Dose-Dependent Effects of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone on Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, and MMP-9 and Tissue Specific Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels in Human Decidual Stromal Cells in Vitro
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 680-688, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021277 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Michael Zinger, Molly McFarland, and Nira Ben-Jonathan: Prolactin Expression and Secretion by Human Breast Glandular and Adipose Tissue Explants
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 689-696, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021255 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Robert Young, Fiona Wu, Neil Van de Water, Ruth Ames, Greg Gamble, and Ian R. Reid: Calcium Sensing Receptor Gene A986S Polymorphism and Responsiveness to Calcium Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 697-700, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020355 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Maura Arosio, Cristina L. Ronchi, Carlotta Gebbia, Vincenzo Cappiello, Paolo Beck-Peccoz, and Maddalena Peracchi: Stimulatory Effects of Ghrelin on Circulating Somatostatin and Pancreatic Polypeptide Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 701-704, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021161 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Päivi Härkönen, Svea Törn, Riitta Kurkela, Katja Porvari, Anitta Pulkka, Aija Lindfors, Veli Isomaa, and Pirkko Vihko: Sex Hormone Metabolism in Prostate Cancer Cells during Transition to an Androgen-Independent State
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 705-712, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020236 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Shouwei Han and Neil Sidell: RU486-Induced Growth Inhibition of Human Endometrial Cells Involves the Nuclear Factor- ${kappa}$ B Signaling Pathway
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 713-719, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020876 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Rosa A. Vacca, Ersilia Marra, Giuseppe Loverro, Eugenio Maiorano, Anna Napoli, Mariarosaria Lovecchio, Luigi Selvaggi, and Elda Perlino: Differential Expression of ß_1c Integrin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid and Protein Levels in Human Endometrium and Decidua during the Menstrual Cycle and Pregnancy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 720-729, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021098 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Yasuko Sakamoto, Tasuku Harada, Sayako Horie, Yumiko Iba, Fuminori Taniguchi, Souichi Yoshida, Tomio Iwabe, and Naoki Terakawa: Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ -Induced Interleukin-8 (IL-8) Expression in Endometriotic Stromal Cells, Probably through Nuclear Factor- ${kappa}$ B Activation: Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Treatment Reduced IL-8 Expression
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 730-735, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020666 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Yutaka Yano, Nagako Kitagawa, Esteban C. Gabazza, Kohei Morioka, Hideki Urakawa, Takashi Tanaka, Akira Katsuki, Rika Araki-Sasaki, Yasuko Hori, Kaname Nakatani, Osamu Taguchi, Yasuhiro Sumida, and Yukihiko Adachi: Increased Plasma Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Levels in Normotensive Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Microalbuminuria
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 736-741, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020691 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Robert A. Ritzel, Johannes D. Veldhuis, and Peter C. Butler: Glucose Stimulates Pulsatile Insulin Secretion from Human Pancreatic Islets by Increasing Secretory Burst Mass: Dose-Response Relationships
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 742-747, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021250 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Michele Maio, Sandra Coral, Luca Sigalotti, Rossella Elisei, Cristina Romei, Guido Rossi, Enzo Cortini, Francesca Colizzi, Gianfranco Fenzi, Maresa Altomonte, Aldo Pinchera, and Mario Vitale: Analysis of Cancer/Testis Antigens in Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Expression and Humoral Response to NY-ESO-1
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 748-754, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020830 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Noora Kaivo-Oja, Jonas Bondestam, Meerit Kämäräinen, Janne Koskimies, Ursula Vitt, Mark Cranfield, Kaisa Vuojolainen, Janne P. Kallio, Vesa M. Olkkonen, Masaru Hayashi, Aristidis Moustakas, Nigel P. Groome, Peter ten Dijke, Aaron J. W. Hsueh, and Olli Ritvos: Growth Differentiation Factor-9 Induces Smad2 Activation and Inhibin B Production in Cultured Human Granulosa-Luteal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 755-762, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021317 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Hui-Ling Yang, Jing-Xuan Pan, Lily Sun, and Sai-Ching Jim Yeung: p21 Waf-1 (Cip-1) Enhances Apoptosis Induced by Manumycin and Paclitaxel in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 763-772, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020992 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Fuminori Taniguchi, Tasuku Harada, Yasuko Sakamoto, Nobuhiro Yamauchi, Souichi Yoshida, Tomio Iwabe, and Naoki Terakawa: Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway by Keratinocyte Growth Factor or Fibroblast Growth Factor-10 Promotes Cell Proliferation in Human Endometrial Carcinoma Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 773-780, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021062 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Nobuhiro Miyamura, Kazuya Matsumoto, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hiroshi Tokunaga, Takeshi Nishikawa, Kenro Nishida, Tetsushi Toyonaga, Michiharu Sakakida, and Eiichi Araki: Atypical Bartter Syndrome with Sensorineural Deafness with G47R Mutation of the ß-Subunit for ClC-Ka and ClC-Kb Chloride Channels, Barttin
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 781-786, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021398 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Madhusmita Misra, David T. MacLaughlin, Patricia K. Donahoe, and Mary M. Lee: The Role of Müllerian Inhibiting Substance in the Evaluation of Phenotypic Female Patients with Mild Degrees of Virilization
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 787-792, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020889 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Adamandia D. Kriketos, Stuart M. Furler, Seng Khee Gan, Ann M. Poynten, Donald J. Chisholm, and Lesley V. Campbell: Multiple Indexes of Lipid Availability Are Independently Related to Whole Body Insulin Action in Healthy Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 793-798, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020848 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Itsuo Gorai, Kumiko Tanaka, Mae Inada, Hiroko Morinaga, Yukimi Uchiyama, Ritsuko Kikuchi, Osamu Chaki, and Fumiki Hirahara: Estrogen-Metabolizing Gene Polymorphisms, But Not Estrogen Receptor- ${alpha}$ Gene Polymorphisms, Are Associated with the Onset of Menarche in Healthy Postmenopausal Japanese Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 799-803, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020353 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Zida Wu, Martin Bidlingmaier, Stephanie C. Friess, Susan E. Kirk, Peter Buchinger, Barbara Schiessl, and Christian J. Strasburger: A New Nonisotopic, Highly Sensitive Assay for the Measurement of Human Placental Growth Hormone: Development and Clinical Implications
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 804-811, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020787 [Abstract] [Full Text]

L. J. Moran, M. Noakes, P. M. Clifton, L. Tomlinson, and R. J. Norman: Dietary Composition in Restoring Reproductive and Metabolic Physiology in Overweight Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 812-819, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020815 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Olga V. Fofanova, Oleg V. Evgrafov, Alexander V. Polyakov, Andrey B. Poltaraus, Valentina A. Peterkova, and Ivan I. Dedov: A Novel IVS2 -2A>T Splicing Mutation in the GH-1 Gene in Familial Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type II in the Spectrum of Other Splicing Mutations in the Russian Population
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 820-826, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020269 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Shinichiro Nakamura, Masaharu Mizuno, Hideki Katakami, Andrea C. Gore, and Ei Terasawa: Aging-Related Changes in in Vivo Release of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin from the Stalk-Median Eminence in Female Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 827-833, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021568 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Gregoy Y. Bedecarrats, Katja D. Linher, and Ursula B. Kaiser: Two Common Naturally Occurring Mutations in the Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptor Have Differential Effects on Gonadotropin Gene Expression and on GnRH-Mediated Signal Transduction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 834-843, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020806 [Abstract] [Full Text]

María Kimatrai, Carmen Oliver, Ana Clara Abadía-Molina, José Marcos García-Pacheco, and Enrique G. Olivares: Contractile Activity of Human Decidual Stromal Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 844-849, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021224 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Niels Møller, Jonas Nygren, Troels Krarup Hansen, Hans Ørskov, Jan Frystyk, and K. Sreekumaran Nair: Splanchnic Release of Ghrelin in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 850-852, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021086 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Anne Lene Dalkjær Riis, Troels Krarup Hansen, Niels Møller, Jørgen Weeke, and Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen: Hyperthyroidism Is Associated with Suppressed Circulating Ghrelin Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 853-857, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021302 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Anat Ben-Shlomo, Irina Miklovsky, Song-Guang Ren, William H. Yong, Anthony P. Heaney, Michael D. Culler, and Shlomo Melmed: Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Regulates Prolactin Secretion in Prolactinoma and Lactotroph Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 858-863, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021281 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Tomoatsu Mune, Hiroyuki Morita, Takashi Suzuki, Yoshihito Takahashi, Yukinori Isomura, Tetsuya Tanahashi, Hisashi Daido, Noriyoshi Yamakita, Takashi Deguchi, Hironobu Sasano, Perrin C. White, and Keigo Yasuda: Role of Local 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 Expression in Determining the Phenotype of Adrenal Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 864-870, doi:10.1210/jc.2001-011335 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Tanri Shiozawa, Hsien-Chang Shih, Tsutomu Miyamoto, Yu-Zhen Feng, Junko Uchikawa, Kazuko Itoh, and Ikuo Konishi: Cyclic Changes in the Expression of Steroid Receptor Coactivators and Corepressors in the Normal Human Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 871-878, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020946 [Abstract] [Full Text]

F. Gaytan, M. L. Barreiro, L. K. Chopin, A. C. Herington, C. Morales, L. Pinilla, F. F. Casanueva, E. Aguilar, C. Diéguez, and M. Tena-Sempere: Immunolocalization of Ghrelin and Its Functional Receptor, the Type 1a Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor, in the Cyclic Human Ovary
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 879-887, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021196 [Abstract] [Full Text]

P. Christiansen, A.-M. Andersson, and N. E. Skakkebæk: Longitudinal Studies of Inhibin B Levels in Boys and Young Adults with Klinefelter Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 888-891, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021379 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Agnese Vivaldi, Furio Pacini, Fernanda Martini, Laura Iaccheri, Furio Pezzetti, Rossella Elisei, Aldo Pinchera, Pinuccia Faviana, Fulvio Basolo, and Mauro Tognon: Simian Virus 40-Like Sequences from Early and Late Regions in Human Thyroid Tumors of Different Histotypes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 892-899, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020436 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Sherry Lynn Franklin, Robert J. Ferry, Jr., and Pinchas Cohen: Rapid Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-Independent Effects of IGF Binding Protein-3 on Endothelial Cell Survival
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 900-907, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020472 [Abstract] [Full Text]

N. Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, N. Hellner, R. Middendorf, D. Müller, and J. Olcese: The Human Myometrium as a Target for Melatonin
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 908-913, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020449 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Yasuko Horikoshi, Hirokazu Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Takatsu, Tetsuya Ohtaki, Chieko Kitada, Satoshi Usuki, and Masahiko Fujino: Dramatic Elevation of Plasma Metastin Concentrations in Human Pregnancy: Metastin as a Novel Placenta-Derived Hormone in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 914-919, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021235 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Lise Bjørkhaug, Jørn V. Sagen, Per Thorsby, Oddmund Søvik, Anders Molven, and Pål R. Njølstad: Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1 ${alpha}$ Gene Mutations and Diabetes in Norway
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 920-931, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020945 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Anna-Maria Andersson, Elisabeth Carlsen, Jørgen Holm Petersen, and Niels Erik Skakkebæk: COMMENT: Variation in Levels of Serum Inhibin B, Testosterone, Estradiol, Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Monthly Samples from Healthy Men during a 17-Month Period: Possible Effects of Seasons
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 932-937, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020838 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Stephen P. Finn, Paul Smyth, John O’Leary, Eamon C. Sweeney, and Orla Sheils: COMMENT: Ret/PTC Chimeric Transcripts in an Irish Cohort of Sporadic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 938-941, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021239 [Abstract] [Full Text]

Armando Bartolazzi, Mauro Papotti, and Fabio Orlandi: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Methodological Considerations Regarding the Use of Galectin-3 Expression Analysis in Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 950, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021593 [Full Text]

Marek Niedziela, Eugeniusz Korman, and Jaroslaw Maceluch: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Authors’ Response: Methodological Considerations Regarding the Use of Galectin-3 Expression Analysis in Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 950-a-951, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021715 [Full Text]

Rapid Communications:

Francesco Orio, Jr., Paola Lucidi, Stefano Palomba, Libuse Tauchmanova, Teresa Cascella, Tiziana Russo, Fulvio Zullo, Annamaria Colao, Gaetano Lombardi, and Pierpaolo De Feo: Circulating Ghrelin Concentrations in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 942-945, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021451 [Abstract] [PDF]

Ov D. Slayden and Robert M. Brenner: Flutamide Counteracts the Antiproliferative Effects of Antiprogestins in the Primate Endometrium
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 946-949, doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021763 [Abstract] [PDF]

Announcements:

: 2003 Certifying Examination in Pediatric Endocrinology
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 621. [Full Text]

: 22nd Annual University of Kentucky Symposium in Reproductive Sciences, May 16–17, 2003, Lexington, Kentucky
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 729. [Full Text]

Research Resources:

: Endocrine-Related Resources from the National Institutes of Health
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 952-954. [Full Text]

: National Hormone & Peptide Program—NIDDK: Recombinant Hormones, Hypothalamic Peptides & Other Hormones, Antisera, Reagents, & Hormone Assay Services Available
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 88: 955-957. [Full Text]

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