About the Authors

Sameer Udhane

Contributed equally to this work with: Sameer Udhane, Petra Kempna

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, Berne, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland, Graduate School Berne for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Petra Kempna

Contributed equally to this work with: Sameer Udhane, Petra Kempna

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, Berne, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Gaby Hofer

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, Berne, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Primus E. Mullis

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, Berne, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Christa E. Flück

christa.flueck@dkf.unibe.ch

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, Berne, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SU PK CEF. Performed the experiments: SU PK GH. Analyzed the data: SU PK CEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEF PEM. Wrote the paper: SU PK CEF.