Objective
The aim of the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (JPEM) is to diffuse speedily new medical information by publishing clinical investigations in pediatric endocrinology and basic research from all over the world. JPEM is the only international journal dedicated exclusively to endocrinology in the neonatal, pediatric and adolescent age groups. JPEM is a high-quality journal dedicated to pediatric endocrinology in its broadest sense, which is needed at this time of rapid expansion of the field of endocrinology. JPEM publishes Reviews, Original Research, Case Reports, Short Communications and Letters to the Editor (including comments on published papers). JPEM publishes supplements of proceedings and abstracts of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes society meetings.

Topics

Pediatric endocrinology
Pediatric diabetes
Inherited metabolic diseases

Article formats

Original Research, Reviews, Mini Reviews, Opinion Papers, Case Report, Short Communications, Letters to the Editor (including comments on published papers)

Volume 13 Issue 4

Issue of Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Roles of Placental Growth Hormone and Placental Lactogen in the Regulation of Human Fetal Growth and Development

Turner's Syndrome and Thyroid Disease: A Transverse Study of Pediatric Patients in Brazil

The Rising Incidence of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes in New South Wales, Australia

Prolactin Secretion Abnormalities in Patients with the "Syndrome of Spotty Skin Pigmentation, Myxomas, Endocrine Overactivity and Schwannomas" (Carney Complex)

Is Statural Growth Predictable in Utero? Follow-up from the Second Trimester of Gestation to the 8th Year of Life

Postnatal Growth in Southern Chinese Children with Symptomatic Congenital Heart Disease

Symptomatic versus Substitution Growth Hormone Therapy in Short Children: From Auxology Towards a Comprehensive Multidimensional Assessment of Short Stature and Related Interventions

Psychosocial Outcome in Growth Hormone Deficient Patients Diagnosed During Childhood

Nocturnal Integrated Gonadotropin Concentrations in Evaluating Pubertal Transition in Girls

Serum Leptin Concentrations in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Non-Syndromal Obesity

Chronic Hypoxemia Leads to Reduced Serum IGF-I Levels in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion and "Designer Drugs" (Ecstasy)

Osteopenia in Children and Adolescents with Hyperprolactinemia

Hypothalamic Hamartoma as a Cause of Precocious Puberty in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Patient Report

Insulin-like Growth Factor Serum Concentrations Reflect Insufficient Growth in a Hypoplastic Infant with Partial Trisomy 9q in the 12th Week of Life

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