About the Authors

Claudine A. Blum

claudine.blum@ksa.ch

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Medical University Clinic, Cantonal Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland

Cornelia Mueller

Affiliation Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Philipp Schuetz

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Medical University Clinic, Cantonal Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland

Felix Fluri

Affiliation Division of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Michael Trummler

Affiliation Bioanalytica AG, Luzern, Switzerland

Beat Mueller

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Medical University Clinic, Cantonal Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland

Mira Katan

Contributed equally to this work with: Mira Katan, Mirjam Christ-Crain

Affiliation Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Mirjam Christ-Crain

Contributed equally to this work with: Mira Katan, Mirjam Christ-Crain

Affiliation Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAB MK PS MCC BM FF. Performed the experiments: CAB MK PS MCC BM FF. Analyzed the data: CAB CM MK PS MCC BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT. Wrote the paper: CAB CM. Revised the manuscript: CAB CM MK PS MCC BM MT FF.