Annals ofEndocrinology & Metabolism
Volume: 3 - Number: 26 - July 15, 2005

Another originals articles
Failure of Mathematical Indices to Accurately Assess Insulin Resistance in Lean, Overweight, or Obese Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Cholecystokinin (CCK) Stimulates Aldosterone Secretion from Human Adrenocortical Cells via CCK2 Receptors Coupled to the Adenylate Cyclase/Protein Kinase A Signaling Cascade
Short-Term Testosterone Supplementation Relieves Growth Hormone Autonegative Feedback in Men
Physiological Induction of Transient Receptor Potential Canonical Proteins, Calcium Entry Channels, in Human Myometrium: Influence of Pregnancy, Labor, and Interleukin-1ß
Dissociation between Fat-Induced in Vivo Insulin Resistance and Proximal Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle in Men at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Estradiol Supplementation Modulates Growth Hormone (GH) Secretory-Burst Waveform and Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I-Enforced Suppression of Endogenously Driven GH Release in Postmenopausal Women
Elevated Fasting Plasma Ghrelin in Prader-Willi Syndrome Adults Is Not Solely Explained by Their Reduced Visceral Adiposity and Insulin Resistance
Fasting and Postprandial Total Ghrelin Remain Unchanged after Short-Term Energy Restriction
A Novel Mutation in the Preprovasopressin Gene Identified in a Kindred with Autosomal Dominant Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus
Dichloroacetate Therapy Attenuates the Blood Lactate Response to Submaximal Exercise in Patients with Defects in Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism
Effects of Hypocaloric Diet and Exercise Training on Inflammation and Adipocyte Lipolysis in Obese Postmenopausal Women
Hyperparathyroidism-Jaw Tumor Syndrome in Roma Families from Portugal Is Due to a Founder Mutation of the HRPT2 Gene
Further Lowering of Muscle Lipid Oxidative Capacity in Obese Subjects after Biliopancreatic Diversion
Endocrine care
Efficacy of Recombinant Methionyl Human Leptin Therapy for the Extreme Insulin Resistance of the Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome
Change in Estradiol and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone across the Early Menopausal Transition: Effects of Ethnicity and Age
Metabolic Effects of 20-Kilodalton Human Growth Hormone (20K-hGH) for Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency: Results of an Exploratory Uncontrolled Multicenter Clinical Trial of 20K-hGH
Serum Parathyroid Hormone Predicts Time to Fall Independent of Vitamin D Status in a Frail Elderly Population
The Novel Somatostatin Analog SOM230 Is a Potent Inhibitor of Hormone Release by Growth Hormone- and Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas in Vitro
Adults with Partial Growth Hormone Deficiency Have an Adverse Body Composition
Ethinylestradiol-Drospirenone, Flutamide-Metformin, or Both for Adolescents and Women with Hyperinsulinemic Hyperandrogenism: Opposite Effects on Adipocytokines and Body Adiposity
Italian Addison Network Study: Update of Diagnostic Criteria for the Etiological Classification of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Growth Hormone and Ghrelin Responses to an Oral Glucose Load in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa and Controls
Growth Hormone and Pituitary Radiotherapy, But Not Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Concentrations, Predict Excess Mortality in Patients with Acromegaly
Special Features
CLINICAL REVIEW 166: Growth Hormone Receptor Antagonists
CLINICAL REVIEW 167: Procalcitonin and the Calcitonin Gene Family of Peptides in Inflammation, Infection, and Sepsis: A Journey from Calcitonin Back to Its Precursors
EDITORIAL: Environment and Thyroid Function
Elevation in Serum Thyroglobulin during Prolonged Antarctic Residence: Effect of Thyroxine Supplement in the Polar 3,5,3'-Triiodothyronine Syndrome
CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Medical Cure of Plasma Cell Granuloma of the Thyroid Associated with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: A Case Report and Review
CLINICAL CASE SEMINAR: Decreased Bone Turnover and Deterioration of Bone Structure in Two Cases of Pycnodysostosis