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. 2021 May 10;12:675670. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.675670

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Copyright © 2021 Orvieto, Venetis, Fatemi, D’Hooghe, Fischer, Koloda, Horton, Grynberg, Longobardi, Esteves, Sunkara, Li and Alviggi

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The three steps of the Delphi consensus process. The consensus comprised three steps. Step 1: Statements and supporting references initially developed by the Scientific Coordinator were discussed and amended by the 11 members of the Scientific Board. Step 2: An extended panel of 35 experts voted on their level of agreement or disagreement with each statement. Step 3: The consensus results were communicated to the participating experts. *One new statement (Statement 18) was added during Step 1, following disagreement on the wording of Statement 17; ^†28/35 (80%) of panel members completed the entire survey; ^‡Statement 17 reworded and sent for a second round of voting during Step 2.