About the Authors

Katya De Groote

katya.degroote@uzgent.be

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Martine Cools

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jean De Schepper

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Margarita Craen

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Inge François

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Daniel Devos

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Karlien Carbonez

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Benedicte Eyskens

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Daniel De Wolf

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Clinical endocrine evaluation of the patients: M. Cools M. Craen IF KC BE. Conceived and designed the experiments: KDG DDW M. Cools JDS M. Craen. Performed the experiments: KDG DD. Analyzed the data: KDG M. Cools DD. Wrote the paper: KDG.