About the Authors

Michael M. Schündeln

michael.schuendeln@uk-essen.de

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Kinderklinik III, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Sarah C. Goretzki

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Kinderklinik III, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Pia K. Hauffa

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Kinderklinik III, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Regina Wieland

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Kinderklinik III, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Jens Bauer

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Lena Baeder

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Angelika Eggert

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

Berthold P. Hauffa

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Kinderklinik II, Universitätsklinikum-Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Corinna Grasemann

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: MMS BPH CG. Performed the experiments: MMS SCG PKH LB CG. Analyzed the data: MMS JB BPH CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE RW BPH MMS CG. Wrote the paper: MMS BPH CG.