About the Authors

Maria Papp

drpappm@yahoo.com

Affiliation 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Gary L. Norman

Affiliation INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Zsuzsanna Vitalis

Affiliation 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Istvan Tornai

Affiliation 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Istvan Altorjay

Affiliation 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Ildiko Foldi

Affiliation 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Miklos Udvardy

Affiliation 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Zakera Shums

Affiliation INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Tamas Dinya

Affiliation Institute of Surgery, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Peter Orosz

Affiliation Gastroenterology Department of Medicine, Borsod-Abauj Zemplen County Hospital, Miskolc, Hungary

Bela Lombay Jr

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Szent Ferenc Hospital, Miskolc, Hungary

Gabriella Par

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

Alajos Par

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

Gabor Veres

Affiliation 1st Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Timea Csak

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Janos Osztovits

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Ferenc Szalay

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Peter Laszlo Lakatos

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

Gary L. Norman and Zakera Shums are employees of INOVA Diagnostics.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP GLN MU FS PLL. Performed the experiments: MP ZS. Analyzed the data: MP GLN PLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP GLN ZV IT IA IF TD PO BLJ GP AP GV TC JO. Wrote the paper: MP GLN PLL.