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Olle Söder, MD, PhD

Paediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health

Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital

SE-17176 Stockholm (Sweden)

Tel. +46 851 775 124, Fax +46 851 775 128, E- Mail olle.soder@ki.se