About the Authors

Dalit Modan-Moses

Contributed equally to this work with: Dalit Modan-Moses, Amit Yaroslavsky

dmodan@sheba.health.gov.il

Affiliations Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Amit Yaroslavsky

Contributed equally to this work with: Dalit Modan-Moses, Amit Yaroslavsky

Affiliation Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

Brigitte Kochavi

Affiliation Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

Anat Toledano

Affiliation Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

Sharon Segev

Affiliation Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

Fadel Balawi

Affiliation Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

Edith Mitrany

Affiliation Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

Daniel Stein

Affiliations Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM AY DS EM. Performed the experiments: BK AT SS FB. Analyzed the data: DM SS DS. Wrote the paper: DM DS. Were principal investigators for this study and designed the study: DM AY EM DS. Made the original clinical observations leading to this study: AY. Were involved in the data analysis and interpretation: DM DS. Participated in patients' care and in data collection: BK AT SS. Undertook data handling and entry: FB. Commented on the paper and approved the final version to be published: DM AY BK AT SS FB EM DS. Participated in data collection: BK AT SS.