[_a]
aDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State
Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
[_b]
bDepartment of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital
for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
[_c]
cDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
[_d]
dUniversity of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California,
USA
[_e]
eDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Alliance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
USA
[_f]
fDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta,
Georgia, USA
[_g]
gDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, First Department of Pediatrics,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s
Hospital, Athens, Greece
*Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, MD, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department
of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 12 Briarcrest Square, Hershey, PA
17033 (USA), E-Mail kbangalorekrishna@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
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