Clinical Endocrinology

Contents
pp. iii-ix(1)

How good are we at diagnosing polycystic ovary syndrome?
pp. 809-810(2)
Author: Franks, Stephen

The diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome: the criteria are insufficiently robust for clinical research
pp. 811-815(5)
Authors: Barth, Julian H.; Yasmin, Ephia; Balen, Adam H.

Prolonged human chorionic gonadotrophin stimulation as a tool for investigating and managing undescended testes
pp. 816-821(6)
Authors: Dixon, J.; Wallace, A. M.; O'Toole, S.; Ahmed, S. F.

Similar clinical and laboratory findings in patients with symptomatic autosomal dominant and sporadic pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib despite different epigenetic changes at the GNAS locus
pp. 822-831(10)
Authors: Linglart, Agnès; Bastepe, Murat; Jüppner, Harald

Phenotypic consequences of variation across the aldosterone synthase and 11-beta hydroxylase locus in a hypertensive cohort: data from the MRC BRIGHT Study
pp. 832-838(7)
Authors: Freel, E. M.; Ingram, M.; Friel, E. C.; Fraser, R.; Brown, M.; Samani, N. J.; Caulfield, M.; Munroe, P.; Farrall, M.; Webster, J.; Clayton, D.; Dominiczak, A. F.; Davies, E.; Connell, J. M. C.

L-T₃ preparation for whole-body scintigraphy: a randomized-controlled trial
pp. 839-844(6)
Authors: Leboeuf, Rébecca; Perron, Patrice; Carpentier, André C.; Verreault, Jean; Langlois, Marie-France

Body fat in nonobese women with prolactinoma treated with dopamine agonists
pp. 845-852(8)
Authors: Naliato, Erika C. O.; Violante, Alice H. D.; Caldas, Dayse; Filho, Adilson Lamounier; Loureiro, Christiane R.; Fontes, Rosita; Schrank, Yolanda; Souza, Rodrigo G.; Costa, Patricia L. M.; Colao, Annamaria

Intraindividual variation in levels of serum testosterone and other reproductive and adrenal hormones in men
pp. 853-862(10)
Authors: Brambilla, Donald J.; O'Donnell, Amy B.; Matsumoto, Alvin M.; McKinlay, John B.

Establishment of testicular endocrine function impairment during childhood and puberty in boys with Klinefelter syndrome
pp. 863-870(8)
Authors: Bastida, María Gabriela; Rey, Rodolfo A.; Bergadá, Ignacio; Bedecarrás, Patricia; Andreone, Luz; del Rey, Graciela; Boywitt, Adriana; Ropelato, María Gabriela; Cassinelli, Hamilton; Arcari, Andrea; Campo, Stella; Gottlieb, Silvia

Serum fasting cortisol in relation to bone, and the role of genetic variations in the glucocorticoid receptor
pp. 871-878(8)
Authors: van Schoor, N. M.; Dennison, E.; Lips, P.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Cooper, C.

Factors associated with elevated serum concentrations of anti-TPO antibodies in subjects with and without diffuse goitre. Results from the Ukrainian-American Cohort Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Diseases Following the Chornobyl Accident
pp. 879-890(12)
Authors: McConnell, Robert J.; Brenner, Alina V.; Oliynyk, Valery A.; Robbins, Jacob; Terekhova, Galyna M.; Fink, Daniel J.; Epshtein, Ovsiy V.; Hatch, Maureen; Shpak, Victor M.; Brill, A. Bertrand; Shelkovoy, Yevgeniy A.; Zablotska, Lydia B.; Masnyk, Ihor J.; Howe, Geoffrey R.; Tronko, Mykola D.

High molecular weight adiponectin dominates in cord blood of newborns but is unaffected by pre-eclamptic pregnancies
pp. 891-896(6)
Authors: Odden, Nancy; Mørkrid, Lars

Disproportional geometry of the proximal femur in patients with Turner syndrome: a cross-sectional study
pp. 897-903(7)
Authors: Nissen, N.; Gravholt, C. H.; Abrahamsen, B.; Hauge, E. M.; Jensen, J.-E. Bech; Mosekilde, L.; Brixen, K.

The effects of metformin on metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in nonobese women with polycystic ovary syndrome
pp. 904-908(5)
Authors: Sahin, Yilmaz; Unluhizarci, Kursad; Yilmazsoy, Ayse; Yikilmaz, Ali; Aygen, Ercan; Kelestimur, Fahrettin

Concentrations of the acute phase reactants high-sensitive C-reactive protein and YKL-40 and of interleukin-6 before and after treatment in patients with acromegaly and growth hormone deficiency
pp. 909-916(8)
Authors: Andreassen, Mikkel; Vestergaard, Henrik; Kristensen, Lars Østergaard

Polycystic ovaries and the polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype in women with active acromegaly
pp. 917-922(6)
Authors: Kaltsas, Gregory A.; Androulakis, Ioannis I.; Tziveriotis, Kostas; Papadogias, Dimitrios; Tsikini, Aggeliki; Makras, Polysois; Dimitriou, Konstantina; Stathopoulou, Alexandra; Piaditis, George

Vertebral fracture assessment in patients presenting with incident nonvertebral fractures
pp. 923-930(8)
Authors: Howat, Isobel; Carty, David; Harrison, Joyce; Fraser, Mayrine; McLellan, Alastair R.

High risk of pituitary dysfunction due to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective investigation of anterior pituitary function in the acute phase and 12 months after the event
pp. 931-937(7)
Authors: Tanriverdi, Fatih; Dagli, Ahmet Turan; Karaca, Zuleyha; Unluhizarci, Kursad; Selcuklu, Ahmet; Casanueva, Felipe F.; Kelestimur, Fahrettin

What is the natural history of nonoperated nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas?
pp. 938-943(6)
Authors: Karavitaki, N.; Collison, K.; Halliday, J.; Byrne, J. V.; Price, P.; Cudlip, S.; Wass, J. A. H.

Altered distribution of adiponectin isoforms in children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS): association with insulin sensitivity and circulating satiety peptide hormones
pp. 944-951(8)
Authors: Haqq, Andrea M.; Muehlbauer, Michael; Svetkey, Laura P.; Newgard, Christopher B.; Purnell, Jonathan Q.; Grambow, Steven C.; Freemark, Michael S.

In vivo evidence for a direct ultra-fast negative feedback of thyroxine on TSH secretion in humans: a case of L-thyroxine pseudomalabsorption
pp. 952-953(2)
Authors: Goichot, Bernard; Vinzio, Stéphane; Luca, Florina; Sirlin, Xavier; Sapin, Rémy; Schlienger, Jean-Louis

Bioactivity of macroprolactin in the Nb2 bioassay may be explained by dissociation yielding bioactive monomeric prolactin
pp. 954-954(1)
Authors: Kavanagh, L.; Smith, T. P.; McKenna, T. J.

Referees
pp. 955-957(3)