Original Article

Risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity in Ukraine and Germany

• Vira Yakovenko
• Laura Henn
• Markus Bettendorf
• Natalia Zelinska
• Galyna Soloviova
• Georg F. Hoffmann
• Juergen Grulich-Henn

Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Thyroid Nodules in Childhood

• Ayça Altıncık
• Korcan Demir
• Ayhan Abacı
• Ece Böber
• Atilla Büyükgebiz

Lack of Association Between Peripheral Activity of Thyroid Hormones and Elevated TSH Levels in Childhood Obesity

• Denisa Lobotková
• Daniela Staníková
• Juraj Staník
• Ol’ga Cervenová
• Vladimír Bzdúch
• L’ubica Tichá

Klinefelter Syndrome in Childhood: Variability in Clinical and Molecular Findings

• Neşe Akcan
• Şükran Poyrazoğlu
• Firdevs Baş
• Rüveyde Bundak
• Feyza Darendeliler

The Distribution of Different Types of Diabetes in Childhood: A Single Center Experience

• Belma Haliloğlu
• Saygın Abalı
• Fuat Buğrul
• Enes Çelik
• Serpil Baş
• Zeynep Atay
• Tülay Güran
• Serap Turan
• Abdullah Bereket

Thyroid Abnormalities in Survivors of Childhood Cancer

• Ayla Akça Çağlar
• Aynur Oğuz
• Faruk Güçlü Pınarlı
• Ceyda Karadeniz
• Arzu Okur
• Aysun Bideci
• Ülker Koçak
• Hüseyin Bora

The Association Between Maternal Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Growth, Development, and Childhood Intelligence: A Meta-analysis

• Yahong Liu
• Hui Chen
• Chen Jing
• FuPin Li

Prospective Follow-up of Children with Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency After Termination of Growth Hormone Treatment: Is There Really Need for Treatment at Transition to Adulthood?

• Emine Çamtosun
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Merih Berberoğlu

Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes in Children Aged Below 18 Years during 2013-2015 in Northwest Turkey

• Şükran Poyrazoğlu
• Rüveyde Bundak
• Zehra Yavaş Abalı
• Hasan Önal
• Sevil Sarıkaya
• Abdurrahman Akgün
• Serpil Baş
• Saygın Abalı
• Abdullah Bereket
• Erdal Eren
• Ömer Tarım
• Ayla Güven
• Metin Yıldız
• Derya Karaman Aksakal
• Ayşegül Yüksel
• Gülcan Seymen Karabulut
• Şükrü Hatun
• Tolga Özgen
• Yaşar Cesur
• Mehmet Azizoğlu
• Emine Dilek
• Filiz Tütüncüler
• Esra Papatya Çakır
• Bahar Özcabı
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Songül Karadeniz
• Fatma Dursun
• Semih Bolu
• İlknur Arslanoğlu
• Gül Yeşiltepe Mutlu
• Heves Kırmızıbekmez
• Pınar İşgüven
• Ala Üstyol
• Erdal Adal
• Ahmet Uçar
• Nurcan Cebeci
• Didem Bezen
• Çiğdem Binay
• Serap Semiz
• Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
• Nihal Memioğlu
• Elif Sağsak
• Havva Nur Peltek
• Melek Yıldız
• Teoman Akçay
• Serap Turan
• Tülay Güran
• Zeynep Atay
• Neşe Akcan
• Filiz Çizmecioğlu
• Oya Ercan
• Aydilek Dağdeviren
• Firdevs Baş
• Halim İşsever
• Feyza Darendeliler

Review

Current Status of Childhood Obesity and its Associated Morbidities in Turkey

• Abdullah Bereket
• Zeynep Atay

National Childhood Diabetes Program Activities in Turkey

• Şükrü Hatun

The Role of Urbanization in Childhood Obesity

• Özgür Pirgon
• Nagehan Aslan

Current Status of Childhood Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia in Turkey

• Zeynep Şıklar
• Merih Berberoğlu

Original Article

Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Danish Lean and Obese Children and Adolescents

• Maria Dahl
• Johanne Dam Ohrt
• Cilius Esmann Fonvig
• Julie Tonsgaard Kloppenborg
• Oluf Pedersen
• Torben Hansen
• Jens-Christian Holm

Evaluation of Permanent Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) in Young Adults with Childhood Onset GHD: A multicenter study

• Merih Berberoğlu
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Feyza Darendeliler
• Şükran Poyrazoğlu
• Şükran Darcan
• Pınar İşgüven
• Aysun Bideci
• Gönül Öçal
• Rüveyde Bundak
• Bilgin Yüksel
• İlknur Arslanoğlu

The Relationship between Serum Zonulin Level and Clinical and Laboratory Parameters of Childhood Obesity

• Tuncay Küme
• Sezer Acar
• Hale Tuhan
• Gönül Çatlı
• Ahmet Anık
• Özlem Gürsoy Çalan
• Ece Böber
• Ayhan Abacı

Prevalence and Correlates of Obesity in Schoolchildren from the City of Bursa,Turkey

• Halil Sağlam
• Ömer Tarım

Can HbA1c and One-Hour Glucose Concentration in Standard OGTT Be Used for Evaluation of Glucose Homeostasis in Childhood?

• Gül Yesiltepe Mutlu
• Elif Özsu
• Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu
• Şükrü Hatun

Radioactive Iodine for Thyrotoxicosis in Childhood and Adolescence: Treatment and Outcomes

• Sirianong Namwongprom
• Kevalee Unachak
• Prapai Dejkhamron
• Supoj Ua-apisitwong
• Molrudee Ekmahachai

Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism with Dyslipidemia and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children

• Edip Unal
• Alper Akın
• Ruken Yıldırım
• Vasfiye Demir
• İsmail Yıldız
• Yusuf Kenan Haspolat

The Relationship Between Serum Adiponectin, Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha, Leptin Levels and Insulin Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Adiponectin is a Marker of Metabolic Syndrome

• Ayfer Alikaşifoğlu
• E. Nazlı Gönç
• Z. Alev Özön
• Yaşar Şen
• Nurgün Kandemir

Childhood Sustained Hypercalcemia: A Diagnostic Challenge

• Nisa Eda Çullas İlarslan
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Merih Berberoğlu

Original Research

Evaluation of Thyroid Functions with Respect to Iodine Status and TRH Test in Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis

• Ayça Törel Ergür
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Pelin Bilir
• Gönül Öcal
• Merih Berberoğlu

Relationship between Neck Circumference and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Childhood Obesity

• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Serap Doğan
• M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Current Practice in Diagnosis and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Childhood: A Survey from Turkey

• Şükran Poyrazoğlu
• Teoman Akçay
• İlknur Arslanoğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Zeynep Atay
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Abdullah Bereket
• Aysun Bideci
• İffet Bircan
• Ece Böber
• Şule Can
• Yaşar Cesur
• Şükran Darcan
• Korcan Demir
• Bumin Dündar
• Betül Ersoy
• İhsan Esen
• Ayla Güven
• Cengiz Kara
• Mehmet Keskin
• Selim Kurtoğlu
• Nihal Memioğlu
• Mehmet Nuri Özbek
• Tolga Özgen
• Erkan Sarı
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Enver Şimşek
• Serap Turan
• Ediz Yeşilkaya
• Bilgin Yüksel
• Feyza Darendeliler

Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone and Agouti-Related Protein: Do They Play a Role in Appetite Regulation in Childhood Obesity?

• Aysel Vehapoğlu
• Serdar Türkmen
• Şule Terzioğlu

Cardiac Autonomic Functions in Obese Children

• Mehmet Emre Taşçılar
• Mehmet Yokuşoğlu
• Mehmet Boyraz
• Oben Baysan
• Cem Köz
• Ruşen Dündaröz

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Children and Adolescents using Three Different Criteria and Evaluation of Risk Factors

• Özlem Sangun
• Bumin Dündar
• Muhammet Köşker
• Özgür Pirgon
• Nihal Dündar

Serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 Levels in Healthy Children Between 0 and 6 Years of Age

• Bilgin Yüksel
• M. Nuri Özbek
• Neslihan Önenli Mungan
• Feyza Darendeliler
• Bahar Budan
• Aysun Bideci
• Ergün Çetinkaya
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Ediz Yeşilkaya
• İlknur Arslanoğlu
• Şükran Darcan
• Ruveyda Bundak
• Olcay Ercan

Management of Childhood Thyroid Nodules: Surgical and Endocrinological Findings in a Large Group of Cases

• Emre Divarcı
• Ülgen Çeltik
• Zafer Dökümcü
• Orkan Ergün
• Geylani Özok
• Samim Özen
• Damla Gökşen Şimşek
• Şükran Darcan
• Nazan Çetingül
• Aylin Oral
• Yeşim Ertan
• Bengü Demirağ
• Ahmet Çelik

Effect of Cytokine Signaling 3 Gene Polymorphisms in Childhood Obesity

• Mehmet Boyraz
• Ediz Yeşilkaya
• Fatih Ezgü
• Aysun Bideci
• Haldun Doğan
• Korkut Ulucan
• Peyami Cinaz

Case Report

Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2: A Rare Condition in Childhood

• Heves Kırmızıbekmez
• Rahime Gül Yeşiltepe Mutlu
• Nafiye Demirkıran Urgancı
• Ayşe Öner

Metabolic Syndrome Features Presenting in Early Childhood in Alström Syndrome: A Case Report

• Özgür Pirgon
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• İlhan Asya Tanju