About the Authors

Eeva-Maria Laitinen

Affiliation Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Johanna Tommiska

Affiliations Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Timo Sane

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Kirsi Vaaralahti

Affiliations Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Jorma Toppari

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Taneli Raivio

taneli.raivio@helsinki.fi

Affiliations Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR. Performed the experiments: EML J. Tommiska KV. Analyzed the data: EML. Wrote the paper: EML TR. Participated in patients’ recruiting: TS J. Toppari. Revised the manuscript: J. Tommiska TS J. Toppari.