About the Authors
- Carolin Lechtermann
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Berthold P. Hauffa
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Ralf Herrmann
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Affiliations Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Department of Neonatology, Kinderklinik I, Universitätsklinikum -Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Michael M. Schündeln
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Kinderklinik III, Universitätsklinikum -Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Alexandra Gellhaus
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology, Universitätsklinikum -Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Markus Schmidt
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Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Duisburg and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
- Corinna Grasemann
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* E-mail: corinna.grasemann@uk-essen.de
Affiliation Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CG RH. Performed the experiments: CL. Analyzed the data: BPH CG M. Schuendeln RH CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG M. Schmidt BPH. Wrote the paper: CL CG BPH AG M. Schmidt.