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a Disciplina de Endocrinologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; b Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;
c Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA; d Endocrine Laboratory, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München,
Munich, Germany; e Neuroendocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA; f Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; g Paediatric Endocrinology, Genetics, and Metabolism,
Virtus Medical Group and The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; h Department of Endocrinology, Perth Children’s
Hospital, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Perth, WA, Australia; i Division of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western
Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; j The Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth,
WA, Australia; k Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; l Leonard Davis
School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; m Division of Endocrinology, Children’s National Health
System, Washington, DC, USA; n Endocrine and Diabetes Service, CHU Sainte-Justine and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada;
o Endocrinology, Genetics, and Metabolism, Beijing Diabetes Center for Children and Adolescents, Medical Genetics Department, Beijing
Children’s Hospital, Beijing, China; p Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Tokyo,
Japan; q Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA;
r Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Center for Child
Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; t Unidade de Endocrinologia Genética (LIM25), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; u Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark; v Service d’Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux
de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France; w Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute (HCJMRI), Jehangir Hospital, Pune,
India; x Edison Biotechnology Institute and Department of Biomedical Sciences, HCOM Ohio University Athens, Athens, OH, USA;
y Institute of Clinical Science, Pediatrics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; z Unidade de Endocrinologia Pediátrica, Area da Mulher,
Criança e Adolescente, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central-Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Lisbon, Portugal; A Department
of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical Colleage, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; B Division of
Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA; C Division of
Pediatric Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; D Explorations Fonctionnelles
Endocriniennes, AP-HP Hôpital Trousseau, Centre de Recherche Saint Antoine, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; E Department
of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Child Health Institute of New Jersey-Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA;
F University Children´s Hospital, Tübingen, Germany; G Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA;
H Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA; I NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA; J Department of Pediatrics,
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; K Pediatric Endocrinology Division, Children’s Hospital, University of Bonn,
Bonn, Germany
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G.A., M.B., P.T.C., C.G., Y.H., P.L.H., R.H., V.K., and X.L. have
no conflicts of interest to declare; P.F.B. was a consultant for Novo
Nordisk and received research funding from Novo Nordisk, Ip-
Funding Sources
sen, and Opko; B.M.K.B. was a principal investigator of research
The workshop was supported, in part, by unrestricted educa-
grants to the Massachusetts General Hospital from Novo Nordisk
tional grants from Æterna Zentaris, BioMarin, Ascendis, Chiasma,
and Opko, and a recipient of consulting honoraria from Merck
Ferring, GeneScience, IDS, Ipsen, Lumos, Merck, Novo Nordisk,
Serono, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Strongbridge; M.C.S.B. re-
Pfizer, Sandoz, and Strongbridge.
ceived speaker fees from Pfizer; C.S.Y.C. is an investigator for
studies funded by Opko and Merck Serono; L.E.C. is an investiga-
tor for studies funded by Ascendis and Opko; P.C. was a consul-
tant for Ascendis, Genexine, GenSci, and Opko; P.F.C.-S. received
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