Articles listed in blue may be of special interest to clinicians.

Special Articles:

Pamela U. Freda and Sharon L. Wardlaw

CLINICAL REVIEW 110:Diagnosis and Treatment of Pituitary Tumors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3859-3866 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3859 [Full Text] [PDF]  

George E. Vargas, Harry Uy, Carlos Bazan, Theresa A. Guise, and Jan M. Bruder

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:Hemiplegia after Thyrotropin Alfa in a Hypothyroid Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma Metastatic to the Brain
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3867-3871 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3867 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian A. Koch, Norio Azumi, Mary A. Furlong, Reena C. Jha, Theresa E. Kehoe, Catherine H. Trowbridge, Thomas M. O’Dorisio, George P. Chrousos, and Stephen C. Clement

CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR:Carcinoid Syndrome Caused by an Atypical Carcinoid of the Uterine Cervix
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4209-4213 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4209 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Clinical Research Centers:

Martin Brochu, Raymond D. Starling, Philip A. Ades, and Eric T. Poehlman

Are Aerobically Fit Older Individuals More Physically Active in Their Free-Living Time? A Doubly Labeled Water Approach
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3872-3876 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3872 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bryan R. Haugen, Furio Pacini, Christoph Reiners, Martin Schlumberger, Paul W. Ladenson, Steven I. Sherman, David S. Cooper, Kathryn E. Graham, Lewis E. Braverman, Monica C. Skarulis, Terry F. Davies, Leslie J. DeGroot, Ernest L. Mazzaferri, Gilbert H. Daniels, Douglas S. Ross, Markus Luster, Mary H. Samuels, David V. Becker, Harry R. Maxon, III, Ralph R. Cavalieri, Carole A. Spencer, Kevin McEllin, Bruce D. Weintraub, and E. Chester Ridgway

A Comparison of Recombinant Human Thyrotropin and Thyroid Hormone Withdrawal for the Detection of Thyroid Remnant or Cancer
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3877-3885 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3877 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. C. Hickner, S. B. Racette, E. F. Binder, J. S. Fisher, and W. M. Kohrt

Suppression of Whole Body and Regional Lipolysis by Insulin: Effects of Obesity and Exercise
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3886-3895 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3886 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kurt T. Barnhart, Ellen Freeman, Jeanne Anne Grisso, Daniel J. Rader, Mary Sammel, Shiv Kapoor, and John E. Nestler

The Effect of Deydroepiandrosterone Supplementation to Symptomatic Perimenopausal Women on Serum Endocrine Profiles, Lipid Parameters, and Health-Related Quality of Life
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3896-3902 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3896 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fahim Abbasi, Tracey McLaughlin, Cindy Lamendola, Helen Yeni-Komshian, Akira Tanaka, Tao Wang, Katsuyuki Nakajima, and Gerald M. Reaven

Fasting Remnant Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Triglyceride Concentrations Are Elevated in Nondiabetic, Insulin-Resistant, Female Volunteers
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3903-3906 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3903 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Berenice Y. Reed, Howard J. Heller, William L. Gitomer, and Charles Y. C. Pak

Mapping a Gene Defect in Absorptive Hypercalciuria to Chromosome 1q23.3-q24
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3907-3913 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3907 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xia Xu, Alison M. Duncan, Barbara E. Merz-Demlow, William R. Phipps, and Mindy S. Kurzer

Menstrual Cycle Effects on Urinary Estrogen Metabolites
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3914-3918 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3914 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joachim Pohlenz, Roy E. Weiss, Paolo E. Macchia, Silvana Pannain, Ip Tim Lau, Herbert Ho, and Samuel Refetoff

Five New Families with Resistance to Thyroid Hormone not Caused by Mutations in the Thyroid Hormone Receptor ß Gene
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3919-3928 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3919 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Studies:

Bengt-Åke Bengtsson, Roger Abs, Helge Bennmarker, John P. Monson, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Elizabeth Hernberg-Ståhl, Björn Westberg, Patrick Wilton, and Christian Wüster

The Effects of Treatment and the Individual Responsiveness to Growth Hormone (GH) Replacement Therapy in 665 GH-Deficient Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3929-3935 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3929 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Remer and Friedrich Manz

Role of Nutritional Status in the Regulation of Adrenarche
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3936-3944 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3936 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Jaquet, J. Leger, D. Chevenne, P. Czernichow, and C. Levy-Marchal

Intrauterine Growth Retardation Predisposes to Insulin Resistance But Not to Hyperandrogenism in Young Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3945-3949 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3945 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annamaria Colao, Alberto Cuocolo, Carolina Di Somma, Gaetana Cerbone, Anna Maria Della Morte, Emanuele Nicolai, Rosa Lucci, Marco Salvatore, and Gaetano Lombardi

Impaired Cardiac Performance in Elderly Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3950-3955 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3950 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David M. Cook, William H. Ludlam, and Marie B. Cook

Route of Estrogen Administration Helps to Determine Growth Hormone (GH) Replacement Dose in GH-Deficient Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3956-3960 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3956 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald J. Sigal, Simon J. Fisher, Jeffrey B. Halter, Mladen Vranic, and Errol B. Marliss

Glucoregulation during and after Intense Exercise: Effects of ß-Adrenergic Blockade in Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3961-3971 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3961 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer L. Shin, Sylvia L. Asa, Linda J. Woodhouse, Harley S. Smyth, and Shereen Ezzat

Cystic Lesions of the Pituitary: Clinicopathological Features Distinguishing Craniopharyngioma, Rathke’s Cleft Cyst, and Arachnoid Cyst
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3972-3982 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3972 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noriyuki Katsumata, Yasusada Kawada, Yukiyo Yamamoto, Masanori Noda, Atsuko Nimura, Reiko Horikawa, and Toshiaki Tanaka

A Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation in the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Gene in a Patient with Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3983-3987 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3983 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marinella Kyriakidou-Himonas, John F. Aloia, and James K. Yeh

Vitamin D Supplementation in Postmenopausal Black Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3988-3990 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3988 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. A. G. Kemink, J. T. M. Frijns, A. R. M. M. Hermus, G. F. F. M. Pieters, A. G. H. Smals, and W. D. Van Marken Lichtenbelt

Body Composition Determined by Six Different Methods in Women Bilaterally Adrenalectomized for Treatment of Cushing’s Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 3991-3999 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.3991 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Caixàs, M. Albareda, A. García-Patterson, J. Rodríguez-Espinosa, A. de Leiva, and R. Corcoy

Postpartum Thyroiditis in Women with Hypothyroidism Antedating Pregnancy?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4000-4005 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4000 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, Chryssa R. Kouli, Angeliki T. Bergiele, Fanny A. Filandra, Thomais C. Tsianateli, Giovanna G. Spina, Evangelia D. Zapanti, and Michael I. Bartzis

A Survey of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the Greek Island of Lesbos: Hormonal and Metabolic Profile
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4006-4011 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vânia A. Andrade, Jorge L. Gross, and Ana Luiza Maia

Effect of Methimazole Pretreatment on Serum Thyroid Hormone Levels after Radioactive Treatment in Graves’ Hyperthyroidism
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4012-4016 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danielle F. Hargreaves, Christopher S. Potten, Claudia Harding, Lesley E. Shaw, Michael S. Morton, Stephen A. Roberts, Anthony Howell, and Nigel J. Bundred

Two-Week Dietary Soy Supplementation Has an Estrogenic Effect on Normal Premenopausal Breast
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4017-4024 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry G. Burger, Emma C. Dudley, John L. Hopper, Nigel Groome, Janet R. Guthrie, Adele Green, and Lorraine Dennerstein

Prospectively Measured Levels of Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Estradiol, and the Dimeric Inhibins during the Menopausal Transition in a Population-Based Cohort of Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4025-4030 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Stowasser, Phillip R. Huggard, Tony R. Rossetti, Anthony W. Bachmann, and Richard D. Gordon

Biochemical Evidence of Aldosterone Overproduction and Abnormal Regulation in Normotensive Individuals with Familial Hyperaldosteronism Type I
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4031-4036 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Ringel, Pina L. Balducci-Silano, Jeffery S. Anderson, Carole A. Spencer, Jill Silverman, Yvonne H. Sparling, Gary L. Francis, Kenneth D. Burman, Leonard Wartofsky, Paul W. Ladenson, Michael A. Levine, and R. Michael Tuttle

Quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction of Circulating Thyroglobulin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid for Monitoring Patients with Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4037-4042 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yutaka Kitamura, Kazuo Shimizu, Mitsuji Nagahama, Kiminori Sugino, Osamu Ozaki, Takashi Mimura, Kunihiko Ito, Koichi Ito, and Shigeo Tanaka

Immediate Causes of Death in Thyroid Carcinoma: Clinicopathological Analysis of 161 Fatal Cases
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4043-4049 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johnny Deladoëy, Christa Flück, Marie Bex, Noriko Yoshimura, Nobuhiro Harada, and Primus E. Mullis

Aromatase Deficiency Caused by a Novel P450_arom Gene Mutation: Impact of Absent Estrogen Production on Serum Gonadotropin Concentration in a Boy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4050-4054 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph M. Bamberger, Tobias Else, Ana-Maria Bamberger, Frank Ulrich Beil, and Heinrich M. Schulte

Dissociative Glucocorticoid Activity of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate in Normal Human Lymphocytes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4055-4061 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christophe E. M. De Block, Ivo H. De Leeuw, and Luc F. Van Gaal

High Prevalence of Manifestations of Gastric Autoimmunity in Parietal Cell Antibody- Positive Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetic Patients
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4062-4067 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Ottendorfer, Tamir M. Ellis, Keith S. Bahjat, Michael Clare-Salzler, and Mark A. Atkinson

No Alteration in T Lymphocyte Expression of CD40 Ligand (CD154) in Individuals with or at Increased Risk for Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4068-4072 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steen B. Pedersen, Kurt Kristensen, Sanne Fisker, Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, Jens Sandahl Christiansen, and Bjørn Richelsen

Regulation of Uncoupling Protein-2 and -3 by Growth Hormone in Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue in Growth Hormone-Deficient Adults
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4073-4078 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee A. Kaback and Terry J. Smith

Expression of Hyaluronan Synthase Messenger Ribonucleic Acids and Their Induction by Interleukin-1ß in Human Orbital Fibroblasts: Potential Insight into the Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4079-4084 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann C. Katzur, Taka-Aki Koshimizu, Melanija Tomic, Askan Schultze-Mosgau, Olaf Ortmann, and Stanko S. Stojilkovic

Expression and Responsiveness of P2Y₂ Receptors in Human Endometrial Cancer Cell Lines
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4085-4091 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott W. Kauma, Vicki Bae-Jump, and Scott W. Walsh

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Stimulates Trophoblast Invasion: A Potential Mechanism for Abnormal Placentation in Preeclampsia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4092-4096 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. M. Halleux, P. J. Declerck, S. L. Tran, R. Detry, and S. M. Brichard

Hormonal Control of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene Expression and Production in Human Adipose Tissue: Stimulation by Glucocorticoids and Inhibition by Catecholamines
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4097-4105 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian M. Jones, Carol C. H. Kwok, and Annie W. C. Kung

Effect of Radioactive Iodine Therapy on Cytokine Production in Graves’ Disease: Transient Increases in Interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-10, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-, with Longer Term Increases in Interferon- Production
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4106-4110 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sachiko Kitanaka, Akiko Murayama, Toshiyuki Sakaki, Kuniyo Inouye, Yoshiki Seino, Seiji Fukumoto, Masaaki Shima, Shigenori Yukizane, Masaki Takayanagi, Hiroo Niimi, Ken-ichi Takeyama, and Shigeaki Kato

No Enzyme Activity of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D₃ 1-Hydroxylase Gene Product in Pseudovitamin D Deficiency Rickets, Including That with Mild Clinical Manifestation
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4111-4117 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel H. Aguiar-Oliveira, Matthew S. Gill, Elenilde S. de, A. Barretto, Marta R. S. Alcântara, Farideh Miraki-Moud, Carlos A. Menezes, Anita H. O. Souza, Carlos E. Martinelli, F. A. Pereira, Roberto Salvatori, Michael A. Levine, Stephen M. Shalet, Cecilia Camacho-Hubner, and Peter E. Clayton

Effect of Severe Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency due to a Mutation in the GH-Releasing Hormone Receptor on Insulin-Like Growth Factors (IGFs), IGF-Binding Proteins, and Ternary Complex Formation Throughout Life
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4118-4126 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Claude Carel, Catherine Le Stunff, Luce Condamine, Eric Mallet, Jean Louis Chaussain, Pierre Adnot, Michèle Garabédian, and Pierre Bougnères

Resistance to the Lipolytic Action of Epinephrine: A New Feature of Protein G_s Deficiency
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4127-4131 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gordon C. Inglis, Mary C. Ingram, Christine D. Holloway, Lorna Swan, David Birnie, W. Stewart Hillis, Eleanor Davies, Robert Fraser, and John M. C. Connell

Familial Pattern of Corticosteroids and Their Metabolism in Adult Human Subjects - the Scottish Adult Twin Study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4132-4137 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nasser Chegini, Xin-Min Tang, and Chunfeng Ma

Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 Expression by Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony-Stimulating Factor in Leiomyoma and Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4138-4143 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ricki J. Colman, Joseph W. Kemnitz, Mark A. Lane, David H. Abbott, and Neil Binkley

Skeletal Effects of Aging and Menopausal Status in Female Rhesus Macaques
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4144-4148 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen D. Hearing, Michael Norman, Caroline Smyth, Chris Foy, and Colin M. Dayan

Wide Variation in Lymphocyte Steroid Sensitivity Among Healthy Human Volunteers
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4149-4154 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Tonacchera, Paolo Vitti, Patrizia Agretti, Giovanni Ceccarini, Anna Perri, Rossana Cavaliere, Barbara Mazzi, Antonio Giuseppe Naccarato, Paolo Viacava, Paolo Miccoli, Aldo Pinchera, and Luca Chiovato

Functioning and Nonfunctioning Thyroid Adenomas Involve Different Molecular Pathogenetic Mechanisms
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4155-4158 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Su C. Lim, A. Enrique Caballero, Subodh Arora, Paula Smakowski, Elizabeth M. Bashoff, Florence M. Brown, Frank W. Logerfo, Edward S. Horton, and Aristidis Veves

The Effect of Hormonal Replacement Therapy on the Vascular Reactivity and Endothelial Function of Healthy Individuals and Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4159-4164 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcus Quinkler, Sarah Johanssen, Claudia Großmann, Volker Bähr, Markus Müller, Wolfgang Oelkers, and Sven Diederich

Progesterone Metabolism in the Human Kidney and Inhibition of 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 by Progesterone and Its Metabolites
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4165-4171 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. S. Moore, J. P. Monson, G. Kaltsas, P. Putignano, P. J. Wood, M. C. Sheppard, G. M. Besser, N. F. Taylor, and P. M. Stewart

Modulation of 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Isozymes by Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4172-4177 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Spitzweg, W. Joba, K. Schriever, J. R. Goellner, J. C. Morris, and A. E. Heufelder

Analysis of Human Sodium Iodide Symporter Immunoreactivity in Human Exocrine Glands
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4178-4184 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip A. Kern, Rosa B. Simsolo, and Mario Fournier

Effect of Weight Loss on Muscle Fiber Type, Fiber Size, Capillarity, and Succinate Dehydrogenase Activity in Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4185-4190 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beatrice Couzinet, Jacques Young, Michele Kujas, Gery Meduri, Sylvie Brailly, Jean Louis Thomas, Philippe Chanson, and Gilbert Schaison

The Antigonadotropic Activity of a 19-Nor-Progesterone Derivative Is Exerted Both at the Hypothalamic and Pituitary Levels in Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4191-4196 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jarl Söson Torgerson, Björn Carlsson, Kaj Stenlöf, Lena M. S. Carlsson, Eva Bringman, and Lars Sjöström

A Low Serum Leptin Level at Baseline and a Large Early Decline in Leptin Predict a Large 1-Year Weight Reduction in Energy-Restricted Obese Humans
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4197-4203 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matti J. Välimäki, Aila Tiitinen, Henrik Alfthan, Anders Paetau, Antti Poranen, Timo Sane, and Ulf-Håkan Stenman

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Caused by Gonadotroph Adenoma Secreting Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in 28-Year-Old Woman
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4204-4208 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiji Iida, Yutaka Takahashi, Hidesuke Kaji, Norio Onodera, Michiko Okazaki Takahashi, Yasuhiko Okimura, Hiromi Abe, and Kazuo Chihara

The C422F Mutation of the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene Is Not Responsible for Short Stature
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4214-4219 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gernot W. Wolkersdörfer, Tobias Lohmann, Christian Marx, Sabine Schröder, Robert Pfeiffer, Hans-Detlef Stahl, Werner A. Scherbaum, George P. Chrousos, and Stefan R. Bornstein

Lymphocytes Stimulate Dehydroepiandrosterone Production through Direct Cellular Contact with Adrenal Zona Reticularis Cells: A Novel Mechanism of Immune-Endocrine Interaction
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4220-4227 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catia Pilon, Paolo Mulatero, Luisa Barzon, Franco Veglio, Corrado Garrone, Marco Boscaro, Nicoletta Sonino, and Francesco Fallo

Mutations in CYP11B1 Gene Converting 11ß-Hydroxylase into an Aldosterone-Producing Enzyme Are Not Present in Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4228-4231 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. A. Thomas, H. Bunnell, H. A. Cook, E. D. Williams, A. Nerovnya, E. D. Cherstvoy, N. D. Tronko, T. I. Bogdanova, G. Chiappetta, G. Viglietto, F. Pentimalli, G. Salvatore, A. Fusco, M. Santoro, and G. Vecchio

High Prevalence of RET/PTC Rearrangements in Ukrainian and Belarussian Post-Chernobyl Thyroid Papillary Carcinomas: A Strong Correlation between RET/PTC3 and the Solid-Follicular Variant
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4232-4238 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paulina Kohen, Andrea Castro, Pedro Caballero-Campo, Olga Castro, Margarita Vega, Antonis Makrigiannakis, Carlos Simón, Pilar Carvallo, and Luigi Devoto

Interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) Is a Modulator of Human Luteal Cell Steroidogenesis: Localization of the IL Type I System in the Corpus Luteum
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4239-4245 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia L. Arscott, Theophil Stokes, Andrzej Myc, Thomas J. Giordano, Norman W. Thompson, and James R. Baker, Jr.

Fas (CD95) Expression is Up-Regulated on Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4246-4252 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krista Erkkilä, Virve Pentikäinen, Mårten Wikström, Martti Parvinen, and Leo Dunkel

Partial Oxygen Pressure and Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Affect Germ Cell Apoptosis in the Human Testis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4253-4259 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. N. Jabbour, H. O. D. Critchley, L.-y. Yu-Lee, and S. C. Boddy

Localization of Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 (IRF-1) in Nonpregnant Human Endometrium: Expression of IRF-1 Is Up-Regulated by Prolactin during the Secretory Phase of the Menstrual Cycle
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4260-4265 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tullio Barni, Mario Maggi, Guido Fantoni, Simone Granchi, Rosa Mancina, Massimo Gulisano, Fabio Marra, Elisabetta Macorsini, Michaela Luconi, Carlo Rotella, Mario Serio, Giuseppe C. Balboni, and Gabriella B. Vannelli

Sex Steroids and Odorants Modulate Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion in Primary Cultures of Human Olfactory Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4266-4273 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid Communications:

Bei Zhang, Karen MacNaul, Deborah Szalkowski, Zhihua Li, Joel Berger, and David E. Moller

Inhibition of Adipocyte Differentiation by HIV Protease Inhibitors
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4274-4277 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4274 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline Rivers, Andrew Levy, Jerry Hancock, Stafford Lightman, and Michael Norman

Insertion of an Amino Acid in the DNA-Binding Domain of the Glucocorticoid Receptor as a Result of Alternative Splicing
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4283-4286 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4283 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus R. John, William G. Goodman, Ping Gao, Tom L. Cantor, Isidro B. Salusky, and Harald Jüppner

A Novel Immunoradiometric Assay Detects Full-Length Human PTH but not Amino-Terminally Truncated Fragments: Implications for PTH Measurements in Renal Failure
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4287-4290 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Simone Lemieux, Gary F. Lewis, Avraham Ben-Chetrit, George Steiner, and Ellen M. Greenblatt

Correction of Hyperandrogenemia by Laparoscopic Ovarian Cautery in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Is Not Accompanied by Improved Insulin Sensitivity or Lipid-Lipoprotein Levels
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4278-4282 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4278 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Bengt-Åke Bengtsson, H. P. F. Koppeschaar, Roger Abs, Helge Bennmarker, Elisabeth Hernberg-Ståhl, Bjorn Westberg, Patrick Wilton, John P. Monson, U. Feldt-Rasmussen, and Christian Wüster

Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Not Associated with Any Increase in Mortality
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4291-4292 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4291 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clemens Kirschbaum

Mental Stress Follows Mental Rules
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4292 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4292 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul A. Komesaroff, Krishna Sudhir, and Murray D. Esler

Effects of estrogen on Stress Responses in Women
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4292a-4293a doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4292-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Françoise H. Luyckx, André J. Scheen, Claude Desaive, Albert Thiry, and Pierre J. Lefébvre

Parallel Reversibility of Biological Markers of the Metabolic Syndrome and Liver Steatosis after Gastroplasty-Induced Weight Loss in Severe Obesity
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4293 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4293 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chang Tao, Sarah Garnett, Vida Petrauskas, and Christopher T. Cowell

No Association Was Found between Collagen I Type 1 Gene and Bone Density in Prepubertal Children
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4293a-4294a doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4293-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vicente Gilsanz

Importance of Technique for Determination of Phenotype
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4294-4295 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4294 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-France Kong and William Jeffcoate

Comment on Is the Incidence of Addison’s Disease Underestimated?
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4295 doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4295 [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. H. Lazarus, A. B. Parkes, L. D. K. E. Premawardhana, and B. Harris

Screening for Postpartum Thyroiditis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4295a-4296a doi:10.1210/jc.84.11.4295-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcements:

Erratum
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4171 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 84: 4177 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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