About the Authors
- Bernd Schultes
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: schultes@kfg.uni-luebeck.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Kamila Jauch-Chara
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Steffen Gais
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Affiliation Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Manfred Hallschmid
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Affiliation Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Eva Reiprich
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Werner Kern
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Kerstin M Oltmanns
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Achim Peters
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Horst L Fehm
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Jan Born
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Affiliation Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
BS, SG, WK, KMO, AP, HLF, and JB designed the study. BS, MH, KMO, AP, and JB analyzed the data. KJC, ER, and WK enrolled patients. BS, KJC, SG, MH, ER, WK, KMO, AP, HLF, and JB contributed to writing the paper. SG and ER collected data or did experiments for the study. SG contributed partial analysis of the data and participated in discussions concerning the results. HLF and JB contributed to the conception, design, and data interpretation of the study.