1. From the Editor

   • Andrew N. Margioris

   Letter 01 January 2013 Pages: 6 - 6

2. In Remembrance of Professor Aldo Pinchera (1934–2012)

   • Leonidas H. Duntas

   In Memoriam 01 January 2013 Pages: 7 - 8

3. From Hippocrates of Kos to Hashimoto and thyroid autoimmunity: A long road of discovery

   • Leonidas Duntas
   • Stefanos Geroulanos
   • Peter Laurberg

   Editorial 01 January 2013 Pages: 9 - 11

4. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: History and Future Outlook

   • Yuji Hiromatsu
   • Hiroshi Satoh
   • Nobuyuki Amino

   Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 12 - 18

5. An overview of the pathogenesis of thyroid autoimmunity

   • Giulia Cogni
   • Luca Chiovato

   Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 19 - 29

6. Prevention of autoimmune hypothyroidism by modifying iodine intake and the use of tobacco and alcohol is manoeuvring between Scylla and Charybdis

   • Peter Laurberg
   • Stig Andersen
   • Allan Carlé

   Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 30 - 38

7. Thyroid autoimmunity and polyglandular endocrine syndromes

   • Jean-Louis Wémeau
   • Emmanuelle Proust-Lemoine
   • Laura Vanhove

   Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 39 - 45

8. Annual increase in the frequency of papillary thyroid carcinoma as diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration at a cytology unit in Sicily

   • Massimo Rizzo
   • Alessandro Sindoni
   • Salvatore Benvenga

   Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 46 - 57

9. The evolution in the use of MIBG scintigraphy in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas

   • Vittoria Rufini
   • Giorgio Treglia
   • Alessandro Giordano

   Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 58 - 68

10. The estrogen receptor: two or more molecules, multiple variants, diverse localizations, signaling and functions. Are we undergoing a paradigm-shift as regards their significance in breast cancer?

    • Marilena Kampa
    • Vassiliki Pelekanou
    • Elias Castanas

    Review 01 January 2013 Pages: 69 - 85

11. IGF-I generation test in prepubertal children with Noonan syndrome due to mutations in the PTPN11 gene

    • Silvano Bertelloni
    • Giampiero I. Baroncelli
    • Paolo Simi

    Research paper 01 January 2013 Pages: 86 - 92

12. Salivary Cortisol day curves in assessing glucocorticoid replacement therapy in Addison’s disease

    • Lisanne Smans
    • Eef Lentjes
    • Pierre Zelissen

    Research paper 01 January 2013 Pages: 93 - 100

13. Enhancing treatment of obesity by using a distracting mini-meal: a new approach to an old problem

    • Antonio Picarelli
    • Marco Di Tola
    • Patrizia Gargiulo

    Research paper 01 January 2013 Pages: 101 - 110

14. Variations of urinary iodine during the first trimester of pregnancy in an iodine-replete area. Comparison with non-pregnant women

    • Atieh Amouzegar
    • Fereidoun Azizi

    Research paper 01 January 2013 Pages: 111 - 118

15. Adiponectin mRNA in adipose tissue and its association with metabolic risk factors in postmenopausal obese women

    • Sadashiv
    • Sunita Tiwari
    • Mahendra Pal Singh Negi

    Research paper 01 January 2013 Pages: 119 - 127

16. PROP-1 gene mutations in a 63-year-old woman presenting with osteoporosis and hyperlipidaemia

    • Maria Andrikoula
    • Amalia Sertedaki
    • Agathocles Tsatsoulis

    Case report 01 January 2013 Pages: 128 - 134

17. Severe water intoxication secondary to the concomitant intake of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and desmopressin: a case report and review of the literature

    • Elisa Verrua
    • Giovanna Mantovani
    • Anna Spada

    Case report 01 January 2013 Pages: 135 - 141

18. Maximinus Daia, a Roman emperor who may have had Graves’ disease and died of a thyrotoxic crisis

    • Peter D. Papapetrou

    Historical note 01 January 2013 Pages: 142 - 145