About the Authors

Vala Kolbrún Pálmadóttir

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Hjalti Gudmundsson

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sverrir Hardarson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Margrét Árnadóttir

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Thorvaldur Magnússon

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Akranes Hospital, Akranes, Iceland

Margrét B. Andrésdóttir

mband@landspitali.is

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VKP HG SH MA TM MBA. Performed the experiments: VKP HG SH MBA. Analyzed the data: VKP SH MA MBA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKP HG SH MA TM MBA. Wrote the paper: VKP MBA.