ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Editors

Ken Ong

Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit & Department of Paediatrics, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK [email protected]

Christa Flück

Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolism, University Children’s Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland Department of Biomedical Research, University of Bern, 3008 Bern, Switzerland [email protected]

Associate Editors

Anne-Simone Parent

Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Liège, Belgium Neuroendocrinology Unit, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liège, Belgium [email protected]

Carla Bizzarri

Unit of Endocrinology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy [email protected]

Evangelia Charmandari

Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, GR- 11527, Athens, Greece [email protected]

Gabor Szinnai

Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Basel Children’s Hospital (UKBB) Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland [email protected]

Jean-Pierre Chanoine

Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada [email protected]

Khalid Hussain

Department of Paediatric Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Sidra Medical & Research Center, OPC, C6-337, PO Box 26999, Doha, Qatar [email protected]

M. Loredana Marcovecchio

Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK [email protected]

Martin Wabitsch

Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany [email protected]

Orit Pinhas-Hamiel

Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, and Juvenile Diabetes Center, Maccabi Health Care Services, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, IL-52621, Israel [email protected]

Ola Nilsson

School of Medical Sciences and Department of Paediatrics, Örebro University and University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden Divison of Pediatric Endocrinology and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden [email protected]

Stefano Cianfarani

Dipartimento Pediatrico Universitario Ospedaliero, IRCCS “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy. Department of Emergency and General Pediatrics, 'Bambino Gesù' Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00164 Rome, Italy. Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. [email protected]

Taneli Raivo

Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland New Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland [email protected]

Tülay Güran

Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Istanbul, Turkey [email protected]