About the Authors

Edith E. Mueller

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Waltraud Eder

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Sabine Ebner

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Eva Schwaiger

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Danijela Santic

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Tanja Kreindl

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Olaf Stanger

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Bernhard Paulweber

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Bernhard Iglseder

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Hannes Oberkofler

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Richard Maier

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Johannes A. Mayr

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Franz Krempler

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Hallein, Hallein, Austria

Raimund Weitgasser

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Wolfgang Patsch

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Wolfgang Sperl

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Barbara Kofler

b.kofler@salk.at

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WE OS RM WP WS BK. Performed the experiments: EEM SE ES DS TK. Analyzed the data: EEM WE BK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS BP BI HO RM FK RW WP. Wrote the paper: EEM WE BK. Provided technical support: JAM.