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Anne Bachelot
Centre de Référence des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, ICAN
Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance
Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, AP-HP, IE3M
Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
47–83, boulevard de l’Hôpital, FR–75013 Paris (France)