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  • Otto Westphal, docent och överläkare, Centrum för pediatrisk tillväxtforskning, Sahlgrenska akademin, Göteborgs universitet

Tidigare sakkunniga

  • Kurt Østhuus Krogh, specialist inom barnsjukdomar, Barne- og ungdomsklinikken, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim Olavs Hospital, Trondheim
  • Martin Handeland, avdelningsöverläkare, Barnesenteret, Sykehuset i Vestfold HF, Tønsberg
  • Terje Johannessen, professor i allmänmedicin, Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim