About the Authors
- Alexander Skorokhod
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* E-mail: Alexander.Skorokhod@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Peter Helmbold
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Benedikt Brors
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Affiliation Department of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Peter Schirmacher
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Alexander Enk
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Roland Penzel
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Competing Interests
AS declares an inventorship of U-BRAF-V600 assay, a patent for diagnostic application of U-BRAF-V600 is pending. Application Number: EP 12 153 477.0. Filling date: 1st February 2012. Title: Method for variant differentiation utilizing a pyrosequencing dispensation order. State: Pending application. Herewith AS confirms that this patent does not alter his adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS PH AE. Performed the experiments: AS PH. Analyzed the data: AS PH BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB AE PS RP. Wrote the paper: AS.