Review

Achieving Optimal Short- and Long-Term Responses to Paediatric Growth Hormone Therapy

• Jan M. Wit
• Asma Deeb
• Bassam Bin-Abbas
• Angham Al Mutair
• Ekaterina Koledova
• Martin O. Savage

New Features for Child Metrics: Further Growth References and Blood Pressure Calculations

• Korcan Demir
• Ergun Konakçı
• Güven Özkaya
• Belde Kasap Demir
• Samim Özen
• Murat Aydın
• Feyza Darendeliler

Novel Modulators of the Growth Hormone - Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis: Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A2 and Stanniocalcin-2

• Masanobu Fujimoto
• Vivian Hwa
• Andrew Dauber

The Rationale for Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Short Stature

• Annalisa Deodati
• Stefano Cianfarani

A Critical Appraisal of the Effect of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormon Analog Treatment on Adult Height of Girls with Central Precocious Puberty

• Abdullah Bereket

Thyroid Hormones and Growth in Health and Disease

• Ömer Tarım

Genetics of Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

• Primus E. Mullis

Prader-Willi Syndrome and Growth Hormone Deficiency

• Zehra Aycan
• Veysel Nijat Baş

Controversies in the Definition and Treatment of Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS)

• Stefania Pedicelli
• Emanuela Peschiaroli
• Enrica Violi
• Stefano Cianfarani

Nutrition and Growth

• Fima Lifshitz

Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood

• Mitchell E. Geffner

Original Article

Glucose Metabolism Evaluated By Glycated Hemoglobin And Insulin Sensitivity Indexes In Children Treated With Recombinant Human Growth Hormone

• M. C. Pellegrin
• D. Michelon
• E. Faleschini
• C. Germani
• E. Barbi
• G. Tornese

Growth and Adult Height during Human Growth Hormone Treatment in Chinese Children with Multiple Pituitary Hormone Deficiency Caused by Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome: A Single Centre Study

• Fengxue Wang
• Jinyan Han
• Zengmin Wang
• Xiaohong Shang
• Guimei Li

Growth of Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

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

Retinal Neural and Vascular Structure in Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Children and Evaluation of Growth Hormone Treatment Effect

• Özge Yüce
• Nuriye Gökçen Yalçın
• Aysun Bideci
• Esra Döğer
• Hamdi Cihan Emeksiz
• Murat Hasanreisoğlu
• Zeynep Aktaş
• Orhun Çamurdan
• Peyami Cinaz

Pubertal Gynecomastia Coincides with Peak Height Velocity

• Yehuda Limony
• Michael Friger
• Ze’ev Hochberg

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

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

Effect of Maternal Factors and Fetomaternal Glucose Homeostasis on Birth Weight and Postnatal Growth

• Öykü Özbörü Aşkan
• Abdülkadir Bozaykut
• Rabia Gönül Sezer
• Tülay Güran
• Abdullah Bereket

Growth curves for Turkish Girls with Turner Syndrome: Results of the Turkish Turner Syndrome Study Group

• Feyza Darendeliler
• Ediz Yeşilkaya
• Abdullah Bereket
• Firdevs Baş
• Rüveyde Bundak
• Erkan Sarı
• Banu Küçükemre Aydın
• Şükran Darcan
• Bumin Dündar
• Muammer Büyükinan
• Cengiz Kara
• Mümtaz M. Mazıcıoğlu
• Erdal Adal
• Ayşehan Akıncı
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Fatma Demirel
• Nurullah Çelik
• Behzat Özkan
• Bayram Özhan
• Zerrin Orbak
• Betül Ersoy
• Murat Doğan
• Ali Ataş
• Serap Turan
• Damla Gökşen
• Ömer Tarım
• Bilgin Yüksel
• Oya Ercan
• Şükrü Hatun
• Enver Şimşek
• Ayşenur Ökten
• Ayhan Abacı
• Hakan Döneray
• Mehmet Nuri Özbek
• Mehmet Keskin
• Hasan Önal
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Kezban Bulan
• Derya Tepe
• Hamdi Cihan Emeksiz
• Korcan Demir
• Deniz Kızılay
• Ali Kemal Topaloğlu
• Erdal Eren
• Samim Özen
• Hüseyin Demirbilek
• Saygın Abalı
• Leyla Akın
• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Sultan Kaba
• Ahmet Anık
• Serpil Baş
• Tolga Ünüvar
• Halil Sağlam
• Semih Bolu
• Tolga Özgen
• Durmuş Doğan
• Esra Deniz Çakır
• Yaşar Şen
• Nesibe Andıran
• Filiz Çizmecioğlu
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Gülay Karagüzel
• Özgür Pirgon
• Gönül Çatlı
• Hatice Dilek Can
• Fatih Gürbüz
• Çiğdem Binay
• Veysel Nijat Baş
• Celal Sağlam
• Davut Gül
• Adem Polat
• Cengizhan Açıkel
• Peyami Cinaz

Novel Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene Mutations in Turkish Children with Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

• Ahmet Arman
• Bumin Nuri Dündar
• Ergun Çetinkaya
• Nilüfer Erzaim
• Atilla Büyükgebiz

A Synopsis of Current Practice in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Turner Syndrome in Turkey: A Survey of 18 Pediatric Endocrinology Centers

• Ahmet Uçar
• Ayhan Abacı
• Özgür Pirgon
• Bumin Dündar
• Filiz Tütüncüler
• Gönül Çatlı
• Ahmet Anık
• Aylin Kılınç Uğurlu
• Atilla Büyükgebiz
• (Turner Study Group)

Growth Patterns of Children of Same Geographic Background Reared in Different Environments

• Sevil Arı Yuca
• Yaşar Cesur
• Selim Kurtoğlu
• Mustafa Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Emine Ayça Cimbek

Subnormal Growth Velocity and Related Factors During GnRH Analog Therapy for Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty

• Nursel Muratoğlu Şahin
• Asiye Uğraş Dikmen
• Semra Çetinkaya
• Zehra Aycan

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

Evaluation of IGF1/IGFBP3 Molar Ratio as an Effective Tool for Assessing the Safety of Growth Hormone Therapy in Small-for-gestational-age, Growth Hormone-Deficient and Prader-Willi Children

• Meriem Gaddas
• Laurence Périn
• Yves Le Bouc

Nationwide Study of Turner Syndrome in Ukrainian Children: Prevalence, Genetic Variants and Phenotypic Features

• Nataliya Zelinska
• Iryna Shevchenko
• Evgenia Globa

Diagnostic Work-up and Follow-up in Children with Tall Stature: A Simplified Algorithm for Clinical Practice

• Susanne E. Stalman
• Anke Pons
• Jan M. Wit
• Gerdine A. Kamp
• Frans B. Plötz

Intrauterine Twin Discordancy and Partial Postnatal Catch-up Growth in a Girl with a Pathogenic IGF1R Mutation

• Paula Ocaranza
• Monique Losekoot
• Marie J. E. Walenkamp
• Christiaan De Bruin
• Jan M. Wit
• Veronica Mericq

The Effect of Recombinant Growth Hormone Treatment in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature and Low Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Levels

• Zeynep Şıklar
• Pınar Kocaay
• Emine Çamtosun
• Mehmet İsakoca
• Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu
• Şenay Savaş Erdeve
• Merih Berberoğlu

The Role of Irisin, Insulin and Leptin in Maternal and Fetal Interaction

• Deniz Ökdemir
• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Selim Kurtoğlu
• Ülkü Gül Siraz
• Himmet Haluk Akar
• Sabahattin Muhtaroğlu
• Mehmet Serdar Kütük

Under-recognized Hypoparathyroidism in Thalassemia

• Hataitip Tangngam
• Pat Mahachoklertwattana
• Preamrudee Poomthavorn
• Ampaiwan Chuansumrit
• Nongnuch Sirachainan
• La-or Chailurkit
• Patcharin Khlairit

Original Article

Puberty and Pubertal Growth in Healthy Turkish Girls: No evidence for secular trend

• Rüveyde Bundak
• Feyza Darendeliler
• Hülya Günöz
• Firdevs Baş
• Nurçin Saka
• Olcay Neyzi

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

Impact of Insulin Resistance on Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1/Insulin Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-3 Axis and on Early Weight Gain in Small for Gestational Age Infants

• Ceyhun Dizdarer
• Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
• Özlem Murat Büyükocak
• Selda Mohan Tarancı
• Ayşe Çoban

Combined Evaluation of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 as an Index of Efficacy and Safety in Growth Hormone Treated Patients

• Zeynep Şıklar
• Gönül Öcal
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Pelin Bilir

Effect of Maternal Obesity on Fetal Growth and Expression of Placental Fatty Acid Transporters

• Kui Ye
• Li Li
• Dan Zhang
• Yi Li
• Hai-Qing Wang
• Han-Lin Lai
• Chuan-Lai Hu

Plasma Amino-Terminal Propeptide of C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Concentration in Normal-Weight and Obese Children

• Seda Topçu
• Bayram Özhan
• Afra Alkan
• Mesut Akyol
• Filiz Şimşek Orhon
• Sevgi Başkan
• Betül Ulukol
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Zeynep Şıklar
• N. Lale Şatıroğlu Tufan
• A. Çevik Tufan

Wrist Circumference and Frame Size Percentiles in 6-17-Year-Old Turkish Children and Adolescents in Kayseri

• Ahmet Öztürk
• Betül Çiçek
• M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Gökmen Zararsız
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Original Research

Circulating Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 (IGFBP-4) is not Regulated by Parathyroid Hormone and Vitamin D in vivo: Evidence from Children with Rickets

• Abdullah Bereket
• Yaşar Cesur
• Behzat Özkan
• Erdal Adal
• Serap Turan
• Sertaç Hanedan Onan
• Hakan Döneray
• Teoman Akçay
• Goncagül Haklar

Interrelationships Among Changes in Leptin, Insulin, Cortisol and Growth Hormone and Weight Status in Youth

• Kristin S Ondrak
• Robert G McMurray
• Anthony C Hackney
• Joanne S Harrell

Ghrelin Levels and Postnatal Growth in Healthy Infants 0-3 Months of Age

• Kürşad Fidancı
• Cihan Meral
• Selami Süleymanoğlu
• Özgür Pirgon
• Ferhan Karademir
• Seçil Aydınöz
• Halit Özkaya
• Mustafa Gültepe
• İsmail Göçmen

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

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

Ghrelin Levels in Children with Constitutional Delay of Growth and Puberty

• Tolta Altuğ Şen
• Damla Gökşen Şimşek
• Şükran Darcan
• Mahmut Çoker

Treatment of Pre-pubertal Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency: Patterns in Growth Hormone Dosage and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Z-scores

• Megan Oberle
• Adda Grimberg
• Vaneeta Bamba

The Growth Characteristics of Patients with Noonan Syndrome: Results of Three Years of Growth Hormone Treatment: A Nationwide Multicenter Study

• Zeynep Şıklar
• Mikayir Genens
• Şükran Poyrazoğlu
• Firdevs Baş
• Feyza Darendeliler
• Rüveyde Bundak
• Zehra Aycan
• Şenay Savaş Erdeve
• Semra Çetinkaya
• Ayla Güven
• Saygın Abalı
• Zeynep Atay
• Serap Turan
• Cengiz Kara
• Gülay Can Yılmaz
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Ayhan Abacı
• Gamze Çelmeli
• Erkan Sarı
• Semih Bolu
• Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
• Enver Şimşek
• Gönül Çatlı
• Muammer Büyükinan
• Atilla Çayır
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Pınar İşgüven
• Tolga Özgen
• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Atilla Halil Elhan
• Merih Berberoğlu

Case Reports

Two Siblings with Isolated GH Deficiency Due to Loss-of-Function Mutation in the GHRHR Gene: Successful Treatment with Growth Hormone Despite Late Admission and Severe Growth Retardation

• Zeynep Şıklar
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Maria Legendre
• Serge Amselem
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu
• Şenay Savaş Erdeve
• Gönül Öçal

Melnick-Needles Syndrome Associated with Growth Hormone Deficiency: A Case Report

• Leyla Akın
• Erdal Adal
• Mustafa Ali Akın
• Selim Kurtoğlu