About the Authors

Ole Ammerpohl

Contributed equally to this work with: Ole Ammerpohl, Susanne Bens

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Susanne Bens

Contributed equally to this work with: Ole Ammerpohl, Susanne Bens

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Mahesh Appari

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Ralf Werner

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Lübeck & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Bernhard Korn

Current address: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Affiliation Core Facility, Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH, Mainz, Germany

Stenvert L. S. Drop

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, ErasmusMC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Frans Verheijen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Yvonne van der Zwan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, ErasmusMC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Trevor Bunch

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ieuan Hughes

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Martine Cools

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium

Felix G. Riepe

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Olaf Hiort

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Lübeck & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Reiner Siebert

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Paul-Martin Holterhus

holterhus@pediatrics.uni-kiel.de

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OA SB RS PMH. Performed the experiments: OA SB MA. Analyzed the data: OA SB MA RW RS PMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW BK SLSD FV YVDZ TB IH MC FGR OH. Wrote the paper: OA SB RS PMH.