  We present results for the one-loop correction to the energy of a class of
string solutions in AdS_5 x S^5 in the short string limit. The computation is
based on the observation that, as for rigid spinning string elliptic solutions,
the fluctuation operators can be put into the single-gap Lame' form. Our
computation reveals a remarkable universality of the form of the energy of
short semiclassical strings. This may help to understand better the structure
of the strong coupling expansion of the anomalous dimensions of dual gauge
theory operators.
