About the Authors

Susanne Heimerl

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Marcus Fischer

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Andrea Baessler

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Gerhard Liebisch

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Alexander Sigruener

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Stefan Wallner

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Gerd Schmitz

gerd.schmitz@klinik.uni-regensburg.de

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH MF AB GS. Performed the experiments: GL MF AB SH. Analyzed the data: SH AS SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL. Wrote the paper: SH GS.